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Lytton Strachey
In or near Covent Garden.
Lytton Strachey — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Russell Square · 0.4 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Lytton Strachey is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Giles Lytton Strachey (; 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit. His biography Queen Victoria (1921) was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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Background
Visiting
Virginia Woolf's husband Leonard Woolf said that in her experimental novel The Waves, "there is something of Lytton in Neville". Lytton is also said to have been the inspiration behind the character of St John Hirst in her novel The Voyage Out. Michael Holroyd describes Strachey as the inspiration behind Cedric Furber in Wyndham Lewis's The Self-Condemned. In Lewis's novel The Apes of God he is seen in the character of Matthew Plunkett, whom Holroyd describes as "a maliciously distorted and hilarious caricature of Lytton". In the Terminus Note in E. M. Forster's Maurice, Forster remarks that the Cambridge undergraduate Risley in the novel is based on Strachey. as Strachey, Steven Waddington…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5242, -0.1299
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- WC1H 0PN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Nearest railway station
- Russell Square — 0.4 km
- Official site
- www.ucl.ac.uk
Sources
- osm: node/5379470104 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Lytton Strachey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lytton Strachey?
- Lytton Strachey is in London, United Kingdom (postcode WC1H 0PN), in the parish of Camden, unparished area.
- What is Lytton Strachey?
- Lytton Strachey — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Lytton Strachey?
- The nearest railway station is Russell Square, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode WC1H 0PN.
- Is Lytton Strachey free to visit?
- Yes, Lytton Strachey is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lytton Strachey?
- The nearest railway station is Russell Square, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WC1H 0PN.