Definition of Lytton Strachey

1. Noun. English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932).

Exact synonyms: Giles Lytton Strachey, Strachey
Group relationships: Bloomsbury Group
Generic synonyms: Biographer

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Literary usage of Lytton Strachey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Men and Mummers by Hesketh Pearson (1922)
"VI Lytton Strachey THIS is a biographical age. For the first time in the literature of our country, biography as an independent art is coming into its own. ..."

2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"Lytton Strachey. Harcourt. Margot Asquith. An Autobiography. Margot Asquith. ... Lytton Strachey. Harcourt. Mirrors of Downing Street. Anonymous. Putnam. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"By Lytton Strachey. Harcourt. Americanization of Edward Bok. By Edward Bok. ... By Lytton Strachey. Harcourt. The Mirrors of Washington. Anonymous. Putnam. ..."

4. British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901) by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1922)
"QUEEN VICTORIA, (i) Lytton Strachey. (2) Letters of Queen Fictoria (3 vols. ... Lytton Strachey. SOME POLITICAL IDEAS AND PERSONS. John Bailey (' vol. ..."

5. At the Supreme War Council by Peter E. Wright (1921)
"With 12 Portraits A selection from a host of reviews of an amazing and brilliant volume: " Since Lytton Strachey shocked and amused us by his Eminent ..."

6. The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Political Reflections by Harold Begbie (1921)
"He is a refreshing, brave, witty, and large-minded biographer."—Clarence Day, Jr. The Chicago Daily News—" Lytton Strachey can write circles around any ..."

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