Friday, 13 June 2008

Cock and Bull Gothic


The Duke of York, whose escapades in times past with Mrs. Clarke and the army had brought him into trouble, now divided his life between London and a large, extravagantly ordered and extremely uncomfortable country house where he busied himself with racing, whist, and improper stories.
Lytton Strachey, The Victorians

2 comments:

Attic Fantasist said...

I watched 'Carrington' the other week. It is one of the most moving films. Lytton Strachey: one very good reason to love the Bloomsberries again!

Joe said...

Lytton certainly did wry better than Virginia!

On the Bloomsbury note, have you read Between the Acts? Very odd book.