Eminent Victorians
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780676591477 (0676591477)
Publish date: May 1st 1999
Publisher: Modern Library
Pages no: 288
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.