Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford love story

About “Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford love story”

The old bell at Oxford station announced the arrival of a train, drawing undergraduates dressed in tweed or flannel to the edge of the platform. They watched idly up the track, their youthful energy contrasting with the station's worn appearance. The station, with its fading signals and grey walls, felt both familiar and unimportant to them, yet it carried a lingering sense of medieval charm for visitors. This scene is from a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm.