Eminent Victorians : Florence Nightingale, General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold
by Strachey, LyttonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Summary
Few books have had such an impact on their own generation as did Eminent Victorians, which exposed the hypocrisy of the Victorian era by deflating the legends surrounding four of its most notable figures. In the process, Strachey revitalized the art of biography.
Author Biography
Born in London in 1880, Lytton Strachey was a biographer, essayist, and literary critic. He was also a reviewer and drama critic for The Spectator and a regular contributor to Independent Review, Nation and Athenaeum, New Quarterly, and New Statesman. His works include Landmarks in French Literature, Queen Victoria, Pope, Elizabeth and Essex, and Characters and Commentaries.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Note on the Text and Manuscript | p. xix |
| Select Bibliography | p. xxi |
| A Chronology of Lytton Strachey | p. xxii |
| Preface | p. 5 |
| Cardinal Manning | p. 7 |
| Florence Nightingale | p. 95 |
| Dr Arnold | p. 143 |
| The End of General Gordon | p. 169 |
| Biographical Sketches | p. 245 |
| Explanatory Notes | p. 249 |
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