Talk:Lytton Strachey

Resistance to WWI
In the film Carrington, Strachey is depicted as a conscientious objector to World War I. If this is true, then I find it to be pretty important and should be on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.230.35.236 (talk) 20:37, 29 June 2007


 * Oops... it is on the page. Sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.230.35.236 (talk) 20:38, 29 June 2007

November 2007
I honestly wish there were more than only a handful of people here who knew somthing about Strachey besides what was portrayed in a MOVIE. Wellesradio (talk) 21:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)Wellesradio

Tone problems
This seems to suffer from being an essentially single source article, which source is, I would gather, an excessively fawning biography. Could someone suggest an additional substantive source we could use? Mangoe (talk) 19:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * "Lytton Strachey: his mind and art," Charles Richard Sanders. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.  is a terrible book, written by a fan who purposely ignored many aspects of Strachey's life. The book's coffee-table tone reflects in the article, i know, but it was my only source. I've since gotten a hold of Michael Holroyd's Lytton Strachey - A biography, i've been reading it and taking notes, not adding much to the article yet, but the book is 1000 pages long...it's taking me some time. If you can get a hold of it too it would be great, it's very complete plus i got it for like 5€ on Amazon.--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 21:08, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

New file File:Arthur David Waley; (Giles) Lytton Strachey; (Helen) Hope Mirrlees; Georges Cattaui by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg
Recently the file File:Arthur David Waley; (Giles) Lytton Strachey; (Helen) Hope Mirrlees; Georges Cattaui by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg (right) was uploaded and it appears to be relevant to this article and not currently used by it. If you're interested and think it would be a useful addition, please feel free to include it. He appears to be the standing man on the left. Dcoetzee 04:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Eminent Victorians NOT an exposé
Eminent Victorians was not an exposé of the "failings" of its subjects nor was it an exposé Victorian "hypocrisy". Strachey treated the subjects of this work with respect and sympathy. He depicted Gordon practically as a saint. At least read the book! Anyway, POV is against policy. J M Rice (talk) 22:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Add section on his sayings
Would someone familiar with Strachey's works like to add a section on his memorable sayings/quotable extracts from his publications. I recently saw a University Challenge episode (Youtube, search for SE38 E06, 11 August 2008, see about 8 minutes in) where a set of questions were on the subject of Strachey sayings, and he appears to have been very droll. Scartboy (talk) 21:31, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Tidied up English
I have done some tidying up of the English in the article, and I have re-Anglicised the spelling in the quotation from Strachey about his beard. He was hardly likely to write to his mother in American spelling. Unfortunately I have ended up with visible in the article at one point. I am not well versed in such matters. APW (talk) 08:31, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Strachey's homosexuality
I admit that I am only going by memory here. However I think in Robert Graves' Good-bye to All That he mentions a story that when Strachey had to face a panel to claim that he was a conscientious objector, when he was asked the standard question "What would you do if you saw a German soldier trying to rape your sister?", he replied "I would interpose my body". This may well be apocryphal, but it suggests that Strachey's homosexuality was no secret even then. PatGallacher (talk) 19:27, 5 June 2022 (UTC)