| Biographical Essays Contributor(s): Strachey, Lytton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156126168 ISBN-13: 9780156126168 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1969 Annotation: Thirty-five sketches, including pieces on Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Walpole, Boswell, Carlyle, and Sarah Bernhardt, by one of the great biographical writers of this century. Companion volume to Strachey's Literary Essays. Index. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 920.04 |
| LCCN: 49011684 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.65" W x 8.46" (0.88 lbs) 312 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Thirty-five sketches, including pieces on Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Walpole, Boswell, Carlyle, and Sarah Bernhardt, by one of the great biographical writers of this century. Companion volume to Strachey's Literary Essays. Index. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strachey, Lytton: - Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), among the most famous writers of his time, was a member of the Bloomsbury group and the author of a number of biographies. His Eminent Victorians, published in 1918, inaugurated a new style of biography distinguished by irony, wit, irreverence, and elegance of language. He is also the author of Elizabeth and Essex, Biographical Essays, and Literary Essays. |