Eminent Victorians | Critical Overview
When first published in May, 1918, Eminent Victorians received laudatory reviews in the press, and sales exceeded Strachey’s expectations. The book was reprinted in Britain six times within a year of publication, and was also popular in America. Translations were made into French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. It seemed that the reading public, especially the younger segment, were receptive to a biography that toppled some icons of the Victorian age from their lofty pedestals.
There were only a few dissenting voices in the early reviews. One of them was Edmund...
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