Delphi Collected Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)

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By Lytton Strachey

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Lytton Strachey, the English biographer and critic, introduced a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Strachey's works are celebrated for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. This comprehensive eBook presents Strachey's collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

  • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Strachey's life and works

  • Concise introductions to the major texts

  • Many famous biographies, with individual contents tables

  • Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

  • Excellent formatting of the texts

  • Includes Strachey's rare poetry – available in no other collection

  • Also includes Strachey's early Spectator essays, first time in digital print

  • Features two contextual pieces, evaluating Strachey's contribution to literature

  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

    Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, books published after 1922 cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.

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    CONTENTS:

    The Books

    INTRODUCTION FOR 'A SIMPLE STORY' by E. Inchbald

    LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE

    EMINENT VICTORIANS

    QUEEN VICTORIA

    BOOKS AND CHARACTERS

    MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS FROM 'THE SPECTATOR'

    The Poetry

    ELY: AN ODE, FROM PROLUSIONES ACADEMICAE, 1902

    EUPHROSYNE: A COLLECTION OF VERSE

    The Contextual Pieces

    THE ART OF BIOGRAPHY by Virginia Woolf

    LYTTON STRACHEY by Max Beerbohm

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