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 e Book 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 e Reader 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 note: 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 e Book as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
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
ELY: AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902
EUPHROSYNE: A COLLECTION OF VERSE
The Contextual Pieces
THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia Woolf
LYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm
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