Bombay to Bloomsbury : A Biography of the Strachey Family

The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family. Prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century, they had a wide and significant influence. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Barbara Caine provides a fascinating picture of a diverse and complex family in a period of change from Victorian England to the beat generation. "The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family, prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century. The Strachey Family examines the lives of Lytton Strachey, a well-known member of the Bloomsbury set, his nine siblings, and his parents." "Richard Strachey worked in India, marrying Jane, the daughter of the Indian Chief Justice, in 1859. A successful imperial couple, they were progressive, following the ideas of Auguste Comte and J. S. Mill, and the teachings of science. Their ten children were born over a period of 27 years and reflect the development and changes in a Victorian society moving to modernity. The richness of their letters provides a picture of a large, complex, and diverse family where attitudes to the family name, gender tensions, differing views on sexuality, ideas on modernity, and varying degrees of support for feminism all played a part."--BOOK JACKET Contents 12 List of Illustrations 13 Abbreviations 15 Family Trees 16 Introduction 20 1. An Anglo-Indian Family 36 2. An Imperial Marriage 70 3. Strachey Childhoods 99 4. School Days 116 5. University Life 137 6. Modern Marriages 162 7. Single Life 200 8. Sibling Ties 223 9. Work, Income, and Changing Career Patterns 245 10. Gender Transformations and the Question of Sexuality 282 11. A Feminist Family 313 12. Continuity and Change 346 13. A Literary Family 374 14. Old Age and Death 396 Afterword 423 Notes 427 Bibliography 482 Index 494 A 494 B 494 C 495 D 495 E 496 F 496 G 496 H 497 I 497 J 498 K 498 L 498 M 498 N 499 O 499 P 499 R 499 S 500 T 506 U 506 V 506 W 506 Y 507 The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family. Prominent in imperial administration, science, and feminism in the nineteenth century, and in the suffrage movement, women's education, and the bringing of new approaches to sexuality in the twentieth century, they had a wide and significant influence. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Barbara Caine provides a fascinating picture of a diverse and complex family in a period of change from. Victorian England to the beat generation. - ;The Stracheys were an exceptionally intelligent and unusual family, pro