Reading Eminent Victorians | Alexandria
Read Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey. Slashing through Victorian myths, Strachey's razor-sharp wit exposed how hero worship corrupts truth. His irreverent takedown of "great" figures revealed that questioning icons, not idolizing them, leads to genuine understanding. By stripping away sentimentality, he pioneered the art of skeptical biography - a lesson crucial for our era of carefully curated personas.