Eminent Victorians (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lytton Strachey
- First Published: 1918
- Type of Work: Biography
- Principal Characters: Henry Edward Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold, Charles George Gordon
- Genres: Short fiction, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Science or scientists, England or English people, Criticism, Adventure, Clergy, Portraits
Although they have been considered controversial, the biographical writings of Lytton Strachey are never dull. When he addresses himself to the Victorian period, those writings possess a special interest, for the biographer himself was a product of that period, and his feelings about it, while mixed, were far from being vague or uncertain. The age of Victoria at once fascinated and repelled him. Its pretentiousness exasperated the artist in Strachey, but he could not help acknowledging its solidity and force and its many outstanding scientists and individuals.
Four such...
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