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Lytton Strachey´s "Queen Victoria", appeared in 1921, is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.”
Originally written for an adult audience, "Queen Victoria" is readily accessible to young adult readers. At slightly more than three hundred pages, it is relatively brief, but the most important aspects of Victoria’s reign, both personal and political, are adequately covered. Most Important for the young reader, not a dull page appears in the book. Strachey catches the reader’s attention with the first inverted-order sentence and holds it to the very last, lengthy one.
Although sympathetic to Victoria, Strachey points out the queen’s failings: her impulsiveness, her intractability, and her passionate and personal interest in politics. While she was not particularly intelligent, duty and responsibility were Victoria’s watchwords. Through Strachey’s narrative, the reader watches the young Victoria, full of gaiety and impetuosity, become the doting wife, then the somber widow, and finally a grandmotherly figure whose deficiencies are universally ignored.
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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (4.1K)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, History, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1. Antecedents
2Chapter 2. Childhood
3Chapter 3. Lord Melbourne
4Chapter 4. Marriage
5Chapter 5. Lord Palmerston
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6Chapter 6. Last Years Of Prince Consort
7Chapter 7. Widowhood
8Chapter 8. Gladstone And Lord Beaconsfield
9Chapter 9. Old Age
10Chapter 10. The End
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