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Giles Lytton Strachey

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born

March 01, 1880 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died

January 21, 1932

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genre

Nonfiction

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Giles Lytton Strachey was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His 1921 biography Queen Victoria was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 845 ratings · 95 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Eminent Victorians by Giles Lytton Strachey, John Sutherland (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1918 — 67 editions	My rating:
	Queen Victoria 3.75 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1921 — 60 editions	My rating:
	Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History 3.63 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1928 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Biographical Essays 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1948	My rating:
	Books and Characters 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self-Portrait 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Landmarks in French Literature 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1912 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Das Leben, Ein Irrtum: Acht Exzentriker 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: A Naughty Novella by Giles Lytton Strachey, Erté (Illustrator) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Literary Essays 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1948	My rating:

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Quotes by Giles Lytton Strachey

“A writer’s promise is like a tiger’s smile”
― Giles Lytton Strachey

tags: writers , writing

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“As usual, it struck me that letters were the only really satisfactory form of literature. They give one the facts so amazingly, don't they? I felt when I got to the end that I'd lived for years in that set. But oh dearie me I am glad that I'm not in it!”
― Giles Lytton Strachey, The Letters of Lytton Strachey

tags: letter , letters , literature

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“It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.”
― Giles Lytton Strachey, Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History

tags: hyperbole , poetry

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