The Shorter StracheyOxford University Press, 1980 - 274 pages This provocative and entertaining selection of Strachey's best short pieces (published to celebrate the centenary of his birth) contains thirty essays, ranging in subject from Pope and Dostoevsky to wartime pieces and a childhood memoir. |
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Lancaster Gate | 1 |
Ought the Father to Grow a Beard? | 14 |
Monday June 26th 1916 | 21 |
Copyright | |
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