And Even Now

And Even Now by Max Beerbohm is a razor-sharp, elegiac collection of essays that blends urbane wit, keen observation, and refined melancholy. Collected and dated by Beerbohm in Rapallo in 1920, these pieces—written across the 1910s and into the war years—preserve the immediacy of moments both trivial and weighty. Across short nonfiction and literary essays, Beerbohm ranges from domestic reminiscence ("A Relic") and comic social portraiture to reflections on language, art, travel, and the strange comforts of habit. His voice is at once nostalgic and mischievous: a connoisseur of nuance who can turn a passerby into a moral sketch or a trunk into a miniature history. The book’s themes—memory, manners, the small ironies of cultured life—are set against the shifting backdrop of late-Victorian and wartime Europe, giving even light touches an undercurrent of elegy. Ideal for listeners who love classic literature, polished aphorisms, and literary criticism delivered with charm, And Even Now is perfect as a thoughtful audiobook to savor between commutes or on quiet evenings—an invitation to savor language and the art of observation.