Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)

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By Lytton Strachey

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Format

ebook

Series

Delphi Series Seven

Author

Lytton Strachey

Publisher

Delphi Classics

Release

10 September 2016

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Subjects

Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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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 complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, 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

  • All the famous biographies, with individual contents tables

  • Rare collections appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES

  • 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: the play THE SON OF HEAVEN and some minor posthumous works cannot appear in this collection due to copyright restrictions. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection 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

    ELIZABETH AND ESSEX: A TRAGIC HISTORY

    PORTRAITS IN MINIATURE AND OTHER ESSAYS

    CHARACTERS AND COMMENTARIES

    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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    • Format

    ebook

    Series

    Delphi Series Seven

    Author

    Lytton Strachey

    Publisher

    Delphi Classics

    Release

    10 September 2016

    Share

    Subjects

    Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction
    Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)