The Collected Biographies of Eminent Victorians. Lytton Strachey

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Название: The Collected Biographies of Eminent Victorians

Автор: Lytton Strachey

Издательство: Bookwire

Жанр: Изобразительное искусство, фотография

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isbn: 4064066396237

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Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey, consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had until then been regarded as heroes: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon (although Nightingale is actually praised and her reputation was enhanced). The book shows its other subjects in a less than flattering light; for instance, the intrigues of Cardinal Manning against Cardinal Newman.