The Letters of Lytton Strachey.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Contemporary Review | October 1, 2005 | Copyright

The Letters of Lytton Strachey. Paul Levy, editor. Viking. [pounds sterling]30.00. xxii + 698 pages ISBN 9-780670-89112-6. Thankfully the time is long gone when the baleful legacy of Strachey influenced any thinking person's view of the Victorian era though his flippant nonsense naturally appeals to people such as the producers of television programmes. The Editor of this selection admits that Strachey gave us 'our image of the Victorian age as one of prudery and priggishness'. If Strachey has any worth whatsoever it is as the most exotic being in the over-explored jungle ...

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