Eminent Victorians: Florence Nightingale, General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold

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A Harvest Book, Harcourt, Incorporated, Nov 18, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 372 pages
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.

About the author (2002)

Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), among the most famous writers of his time, was a member of the Bloomsbury group and the author of a number of biographies. His Eminent Victorians, published in 1918, inaugurated a new style of biography distinguished by irony, wit, irreverence, and elegance of language. He is also the author of Elizabeth and Essex, Biographical Essays, and Literary Essays.

Bibliographic information

TitleEminent Victorians: Florence Nightingale, General Gordon, Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold
AuthorLytton Strachey
PublisherA Harvest Book, Harcourt, Incorporated, 2002
ISBN0156027895, 9780156027892
Length372 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / Medical (incl. Patients)
Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Biography & Autobiography / Social Scientists & Psychologists
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
  
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