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Zuleika Dobson is a 1911 satirical novel by English essayist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. Set at the University of Oxford, the plot revolves around the visit of a beautiful but aloof female conjurer, which leads the entire male undergraduate body to drown themselves in the river out of unrequited love. The book is recognized as a sharp parody of Edwardian academic and aesthetic culture, intended for readers of classic British satire and campus fiction.
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What happens to Quentin Coldwater in The Magician King?
Quentin has become a king of Fillory when the novel begins, but he and Julia are forced into an unexpected quest. The story then moves between the magical kingdom and the modern world, expanding both characters' histories.
Is The Magician King a sequel?
Yes, it is the second novel in Lev Grossman's Magicians trilogy. It follows The Magicians and comes before the concluding novel, The Magician's Land.
Who is Julia in The Magician King?
Julia is Quentin's friend, a powerful magician whose education developed outside the formal Brakebills system. The second book gives her backstory a much larger role than it had in The Magicians.
What is Fillory in The Magician King?
Fillory is the magical world that Quentin and his friends first encountered through the children's books written by Christopher Plover. In The Magician King, Quentin's position as one of Fillory's rulers makes the fictional kingdom a political responsibility as well as an adventure setting.
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