Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: reprints
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Both volumes present as a set.
Michael Holroyd's landmark two-volume biography chronicles the life of Lytton Strachey, the brilliant and iconoclastic critic, essayist, and central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. The first volume, Lytton Strachey: The Unknown Years 1880–1910, traces his formative decades — from a sickly, unconventional childhood through his years at Cambridge and his early struggles for literary recognition. The second volume, Lytton Strachey: The Years of Achievement 1910–1932, details his rise to fame with the publication of Eminent Victorians and Queen Victoria, and presents an intimate portrait of his complex personal relationships and his influence on English letters. Together, these volumes constitute one of the most celebrated and candid literary biographies of the twentieth century, written with elegance, psychological insight, and meticulous scholarship.
Author: Michael Holroyd
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Heinemann
Genre: Biography
Edition: reprints
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear on edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Both volumes present as a set.
Michael Holroyd's landmark two-volume biography chronicles the life of Lytton Strachey, the brilliant and iconoclastic critic, essayist, and central figure of the Bloomsbury Group. The first volume, Lytton Strachey: The Unknown Years 1880–1910, traces his formative decades — from a sickly, unconventional childhood through his years at Cambridge and his early struggles for literary recognition. The second volume, Lytton Strachey: The Years of Achievement 1910–1932, details his rise to fame with the publication of Eminent Victorians and Queen Victoria, and presents an intimate portrait of his complex personal relationships and his influence on English letters. Together, these volumes constitute one of the most celebrated and candid literary biographies of the twentieth century, written with elegance, psychological insight, and meticulous scholarship.