Eminent Victorians
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Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey, first published in 1918, and consisting of biographies of four well known figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Str
Title page of the first page
Lytton Strachey
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Giles Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insigh
Eminent Victorians
…Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey, first published in 1918, and consisting of biographies of four well known figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit…
A study of Strachey's face and hands by Carrington
Sons and daughters of Sir Richard Strachey and Lady Strachey. Left to right: Marjorie, Dorothy, Lytton, Joan Pernel, Oliver, Dick, Ralph, Philippa, Elinor, James
Strachey photographed by Lady Ottoline Morrell in 1911 or 1912
Dora Carrington, Ralph Partridge, Lytton and Oliver Strachey, and Frances Partridge; snapshot by Ottoline Morrell, 1923