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Lytton Strachey

Free admission♿ Wheelchair accessible

Lytton Strachey — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit
15 min–45 min
  • 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
Official site
www.ucl.ac.uk

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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.
Is Lytton Strachey free to visit?
Yes, Lytton Strachey is free to enter.
How do I get to Lytton Strachey?
Drivers can navigate to postcode WC1H 0PN. It sits within the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary constituency.