John St. Loe Strachey’s The Adventure of Living is the autobiography of a distinguished British editor and journalist, long the proprietor of The Spectator. He reflects on his life in letters, politics, and the periodical press.
Thoughtful and wide-ranging, the book offers a portrait of the world of Victorian and Edwardian journalism from the vantage of a leading editor. It is a valuable memoir of the literary and political culture of its time. This edition is a clean, public-domain text prepared for comfortable reading. Download the free EPUB of this reflective journalistic autobiography.