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Eminent Victorians by Giles Lytton Strachey (1880 - 1932)Author: LibriVox
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. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Preface and Cardinal Manning, Chapter 1
Episode 1
Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
