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Lytton Strachey

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

March 01, 1880

Died

January 21, 1932

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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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	Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey, John Sutherland (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 2,681 ratings — published 1918 — 414 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Victoria 3.80 avg rating — 2,165 ratings — published 1921 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth and Essex 3.74 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 1928 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biography of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Strachey, R.N. Kessler (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1918 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters of Lytton Strachey by Lytton Strachey, Paul Levy (Editor), Penelope Marcus 4.06 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: A Naughty Novella by Lytton Strachey, Erté (Illustrator) 3.17 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1969 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landmarks in French Literature really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1912 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays by Lytton Strachey 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1931 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Books and Characters: French and English 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1922 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self-Portrait by Lytton Strachey, Michael Holroyd (Editor) 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

tags: writers, writing

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

tags: hyperbole, poetry

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“Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.”
― Lytton Strachey, Eminent Victorians

tags: human-being

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