Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men

by Max Beerbohm

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Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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"The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men" by Sir Max Beerbohm is a short story first published in 1896. A lighter, more humorous response to Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," it follows Lord George Hell, a worldly dandy who falls desperately in love with an innocent dancer. When she refuses to marry anyone without a saint's face, he makes a bold decision involving deception and disguise. What follows is an unexpected journey of transformation that questions whether true love can change a person from the inside out. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition.	2011-06-22	Project Gutenberg	English	—	Public domain (USA)	Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)