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Julia Strachey (14 August 1901 – 1979) was an English writer, born in Allahabad, India, where her father, Oliver Strachey, the elder brother of Lytton Strachey, was a civil servant. Her mother, Ruby Mayer (1881–1959), was of Swiss-German origin.
Julia Strachey (August, 1901–1979) was an English writer, born in Allahabad, India, where her father, Oliver Strachey, the elder brother of Lytton Strachey, was a civil servant. Her mother, Ruby, was of Swiss-German origin.
Jul 30, 2018 · Julia: A Portrait of Julia Strachey is a perfect illustration of how, in the right hands, an unpromising assortment of materials — autobiographical fragments, letters written by both women, an occasional editorial note — can be combined to create a stunningly powerful book.
Apr 23, 2021 · I tracked this story down after reading the remarkable Julia: A Portrait of Julia Strachey, which her lifelong friend Frances Partridge compiled from Strachey’s papers and her own recollections and diary after Strachey’s death in 1979.
Julia Strachey. Julia Strachey (1901-79) was born in India, where her father, one of Lytton Strachey’s elder brothers, worked in the Civil Service; her mother, Ruby Mayer, was Swiss-German.
Following Julia Strachey's death, her life-long friend Frances Partridge was presented with an extraordinary assortment of her papers. Combining material from this source and extracts from the correspondence between the two friends, this book presents an account of the life of a remarkable woman.
Jul 15, 2015 · Our first text is Julia Strachey’s Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, initially published in 1932 and since re-issued by Persephone Books. Strachey is perhaps best-known to historians as the niece of Lytton Strachey, founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians (1918).
