Lytton Strachey Libri

A companion volume to Biographical Essays, this collection of twenty-five pieces includes two of Strachey's finest critical essays, "Shakespeare's Final Period" and "English Letter Writers." Index.

Focusing on the principles of nursing, this work showcases Florence Nightingale's dedication to improving healthcare for the poor and underprivileged. It includes insights from her experiences during the Crimean War, where she transformed nursing into a respected profession. The collection features various writings, such as guidelines for hospital nursing in India and successful nursing experiments in workhouses. Accompanied by an introduction from Lytton Strachey, this edition highlights Nightingale's significant contributions to the field and is essential for nursing history enthusiasts.

Thirty-five sketches, including pieces on Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Walpole, Boswell, Carlyle, and Sarah Bernhardt, by one of the great biographical writers of this century. Companion volume to Strachey's Literary Essays. Index.

Written in 1921, Lytton Strachey’s Queen Victoria revolutionized the art of biography by using elements of romantic fiction and melodrama to create a warm, humorous, and very human portrait of an iconic figure. We see Victoria as a strong–willed child with a famous temper, as the eighteen–year–old girl–Queen, as a monarch, wife, mother, and widow. Equally fascinating are the depictions of her relationships: with her governess “precious Lehzen,” with Peel, Gladstone, and Disraeli, with her beloved Albert, and, in later life, her legendary devotion to her Highland servant John Brown, all of which illuminate an altogether different side to Victoria’s staid, pious image.

Florence Nightingale was a healer, a comforter, and a nurturer. But like all of us, she had a dark side. Because of her mystique and her charisma she always got what she wanted. Seldom, did anyone really know her. They were drawn to her. They had to be with her. They admired her. At least one man literally worked himself to death for her. But they did not really know her. There is no doubt she was a force with which one had to attend. Denial of her passion and abilities generally led only to personal devastation! Now you can discover the darker side of Florence Nightingale.

Eminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with scepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon changed perceptions of the Victorians for a generation.

From intimacy to bitter quarrels under the eyes of Burlegh, Bacon, Raleigh and other members of Court, Elizabeth I and Essex's story unfolds to its last catastrophe - in which Essex lost his head and Elizabeth her heart.

Lytton Strachey presents a collection of literary essays that offer unconventional biographical sketches of notable writers, including Victor Hugo and Fyodor Dostoevsky. His witty and observant style unveils the complexities of these authors, providing a refreshing take on their lives and works. Strachey's innovative approach blends biography with literary analysis, challenging traditional norms and deepening readers' understanding of the creative minds behind classic literature. This work highlights Strachey's significant influence on modern literary criticism.

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