Eminent Victorians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781548112325)

On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.

Author: Lytton Strachey
ISBN-10: 1548112321
ISBN-13: 9781548112325
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2017
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d