num_pages: 267
description: A genre-changing work of biographyEminent Victorians marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also helped to crack the old myths of high Victorianism and to usher in a new spirit by which chauvinism, hypocrisy and the stiff upper lip were debunked. In it, Strachey cleverly exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, his quarries are not only his subjects but also the public-school system and the whole structure of nineteenth-century liberal values.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: Eminent Victorians
titlecomplete: Eminent Victorians
characters: Cardinal Manning, Charles George Gordon, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold
genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Victorian, History, 19th Century, Classics, Biography Memoir, 20th Century, British Literature, Biography
ratings_count: 2419
publisher: Penguin Classics