Delphi Collected Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)

by Lytton Strachey

Lytton Strachey, the English biographer and critic, introduced a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Strachey’s works are celebrated for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. This comprehensive eBook presents Strachey’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Strachey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Many famous biographies, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Strachey’s rare poetry – available in no other collection * Also includes Strachey’s early Spectator essays, first time in digital print * Features two contextual pieces, evaluating Strachey’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please due to US copyright restrictions, books published after 1922 cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles The Books INTRODUCTION FOR ‘A SIMPLE STORY’ by E. Inchbald LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE EMINENT VICTORIANS QUEEN VICTORIA BOOKS AND CHARACTERS MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM ‘THE SPECTATOR’ The Poetry AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902 A COLLECTION OF VERSE The Contextual Pieces THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia Woolf LYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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First published September 29, 2013

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Donald Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read "Imminent Victorians" some years ago, so I had a stab at Strachey's biography of Queen Victoria. There was nothing imminent about this weak-chinned Hanoverian dumpling. She simply benefited from her numbnuts of an uncle who couldn't produce an heir to the throne. I bailed out before even Prince Albert passed on. Given Victoria's Plane Jane existence, I appreciate why she was in mourning for most of her reign.

[Sean]

Reading Eminent Victorians. 11/6/16
Finished Eminent Victorians. 12/29/16