The art of biography seems to have fallen on evil times in England. … With us, the most delicate and humane of all the branches of the art of writing… - Lytton Strachey

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The art of biography seems to have fallen on evil times in England. … With us, the most delicate and humane of all the branches of the art of writing has been relegated to the journeymen of letters; we do not reflect that it is perhaps as difficult to write a good life as to live one.

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About Lytton Strachey

Giles Lytton Strachey (1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English biographer, critic and leading light of the Bloomsbury group. He is seen by some as the founder of the modern "debunking" school of biography.

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Native Name: Giles Lytton Strachey
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