Cornerstones: Portraits of Four Eminent Victorians
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781934757604 (1934757608)
Publish date: January 12th 2009
Publisher: Fireship Press
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Read For School,
20th Century,
19th Century,
Biography Memoir
This book definitely provided interesting insight into the Victorian mindset - the sincere religious feeling and the resultant extreme anxiety was particularly well portrayed. My problems were mostly with the writing style. A lot of it is written in long, hard to follow sentences or in meandering as...
Strachey was beloved by Virginia Woolf, plus it's about Victorians--two great tastes! I expect this book to be like eating peanut butter swirled into chocolate. om nom nom.
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