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Lytton Strachey Eminent Victorians (Paperback) Penguin Modern Classics. Further DetailsTitle: Eminent Victorians Condition: New Author: Lytton Strachey Contributor: Michael Holroyd (Introduction by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0140183507 EAN: 9780140183504 ISBN: 9780140183504 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: History Topic: Biography Release Date: 10/26/1989 Description: 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 17mm Item Weight: 213g Series: Penguin Modern Classics Release Year: 1989 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.