Lytton Strachey’s first great success, and his most famous achievement, was “Eminent Victorians” (1918), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. With a dry wit, he exposed the human failings of his subjects and what he saw as the hypocrisy at the centre of Victorian morality. This work was followed in the same style by “Queen Victoria” (1921).

Latest episodes of the podcast Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey

• 01 – Chapter I
• 02 – Chapter II, Part 1
• 03 – Chapter II, Part 2
• 04 – Chapter III. Lord Melbourne – Part 1
• 05 – Chapter III. Lord Melbourne – Part 2
• 06 – Chapter III. Lord Melbourne, Part 3
• 07 – Chapter IV. Marriage – Part 1
• 08 – Chapter IV. Marriage – Part 2
• 09 – Chapter IV. Marriage – Part 3
• 10 – Chapter V. Lord Palmerston – Part 1
• 11 – Chapter V. Lord Palmerston – Part 2
• 12 – Chapter V. Lord Palmerston – Part 3
• 13 – Chapter VI. Last Years of Prince Consort – Part 1
• 14 – Chapter VI. Last Years of Prince Consort – Part 2
• 15 – Chapter VII. Widowhood – Part 1
• 16 – Chapter VII. Widowhood – Part 2
• 17 – Chapter VIII. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield – Parts 1 and 2
• 18 – Chapter VIII. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield – Part 3
• 19 – Chapter IX. Old Age – Part 1
• 20 – Chapter IX. Old Age – Part 2
• 21 – Chapter IX. Old Age – Part 3
• 22 – Chapter X. – The End