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In this captivating biography, K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar delves deep into the life and works of Lytton Strachey, the iconic figure of the Bloomsbury Group. With insightful analysis and a deft…
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Lytton Strachey
Florence Nightingale was a healer a comforter and a nurturer. But like all of us she had a dark side. Because of her mystique and her charisma she always got…
In this text Lytton Strachey sets out to paint a satiric portrait of Queen Victoria as an eccentric personality - stubborn, opinionated, highly emotional and imperious; but finally it becomes…
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A core member of the Bloomsbury Group, Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) is recognized for his radical influence on the new school of psychological biography. This volume collects for the first time…
Michael Holroyd
Lytton Strachey, genius, wit, iconoclast, biographer, pacifist, and homosexual campaigner, was at the nexus of the literary and artistic life of Bloomsbury.
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Originally published in 1943, this book presents the content of the Rede Lecture for that year, which was delivered by Max Beerbohm at Cambridge University. This book will be of…
"Queen Victoria" is a biography written by Lytton Strachey, an English writer and critic. The book offers an insightful and unconventional portrayal of Queen Victoria, one of the most influential…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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Lytton Strachey’s classic Eminent Victorians was an assault on the Victorian age and its values, and a masterly hatchet job on four key figures of the age. The text is…
Exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale.
Eminent Victorians, first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear…
An illustrated edition of Lytton Strachey’s biography of Queen Victoria using extensive archive material especially from the Royal archives at Windsor which help to evoke the atmosphere of the period.
Lytton Strachey’s classic Eminent Victorians was an assault on the Victorian age and its values, and a masterly hatchet job on four key figures of the age: Cardinal Manning, Dr…
Landmarks in French literature. This book, Landmarks in French literature, by Lytton Strachey, is a replication of a book originally published before 1912. It has been restored by human beings…
This irreverent but affectionate look at the life of Queen Victoria combines careful construction and telling anecdote with an elegant style. The author was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury…
When Ingres painted his vast ‘Apotheosis of Homer, ’ he represented, grouped round the central throne, all the great poets of the ancient and modern worlds, with a single exception…
Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold and ‘The End of General Gordon
A biography of Queen Victoria in which Strachey details her youth, with its Whiggish sympathies and the unseen influences of Baroness Lehzen, King Leopold and Baron Stockmar, her total surrender…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Credited with having revolutionized the art of writing biography, this work shows the author’s affection for his subject. The contents include: Antecedents; Childhood; Lord Melbourne; Marriage; Lord Palmerston; Last Years…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1918 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…
A companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey’s finest critical essays, Shakespeare’s Final Period and English Letter Writers. Index.
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: Harcourt, Brace Subjects: English literature French literature Authors, English Authors, French Biography
This Book "Landmarks in French Literature" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by…
Thirty-five sketches, including pieces on Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Walpole, Boswell, Carlyle, and Sarah Bernhardt, by one of the great biographical writers of this century. Companion volume to…
