Queen Victoria (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lytton Strachey
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1819-1901
- Setting: England and Germany
- Principal Characters: George IV, The Duke of Kent, The Princess of Saxe-Coburg, Alexandrina Victoria, Fraulien Lehzen, Baron Stockmar, King Leopold of Belgium, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, Victoria, the Princess Royal, Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, Lord Melbourne, William Lambe, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Nineteenth century, Marriage, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Politicians, Germany or German people, Biography, Victorian era or Victorianism, Nobility, Heads of state, Princes or princesses
- Locales: London, England, Germany
Objecting to the standard “life” of the nineteenth century biographer, Lytton Strachey founded a significant new school of biography. He transformed the ideal biography from a long, redundant eulogy to a concise, clear, and factual account of the subject’s life. With the publication of QUEEN VICTORIA he graphically illustrated that biography could be an art without following the “classical models” of Boswell’s JOHNSON or Lockhart’s SCOTT. The small biography is restrained; the author is detached; the tone is ironic; and the style is polished. QUEEN...
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