Eminent Victorians
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1947.
A groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation. Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four "eminent Victorians" dropped an explosive charge on Victorian England when the book was first published in 1918.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1947.
A groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation. Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four "eminent Victorians" dropped an explosive charge on Victorian England when the book was first published in 1918.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1947.
A groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with skepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation. Lytton Strachey's biographical essays on four "eminent Victorians" dropped an explosive charge on Victorian England when the book was first published in 1918.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
