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Landmarks in French Literature Paperback - by Lytton Strachey "Landmarks in French Literature" (1912) by Lytton Strachey is a combination of historical narrative and literary scholarship. In 1911, H. A. L. Fisher, a former president of the British Academy and of the Board of Education, was in search of someone to write a short, one-volume survey of French literature. Fisher had read one of Strachey's reviews and asked him to write a sketch in fifty thousand words, giving him J. W. Mackail's 1909 "Latin Literature" as a model. "Landmarks in French Literature", dedicated to "J[ane] M[aria] S[trachey]," Lytton Strachey's mother, was published on 12 January 1912. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.