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Leslie Stephen

Born

in London, England

November 28, 1832

Died

February 22, 1904

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Mountaineering

Influences

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Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
Leslie Stephen was the primary editor of the Dictionary of National Biography from 1885-1891

Stephen was born at Kensington Gore in London, the brother of James Fitzjames Stephen and son of Sir James Stephen. His family had belonged to the Clapham Sect, the early 19th century group of mainly evangelical Christian social reformers. At his father's house he saw a good deal of the Macaulays, James Spedding, Sir Henry Taylor and Nassau Senior. After studying at Eton College, King's College London and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. (20th wrangler) in 1854 and M.A. in 1857, Stephen remained for several years ...more

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	Elogio del caminar by Leslie Stephen, Andrés Catalán (translator), Manuel Marsol (illustrator) 3.13 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los Alpes en Invierno: ensayos sobre el arte de caminar by Leslie Stephen, Carlos Jiménes Arribas (Translator), Virginia Woolf (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Playground of Europe by Leslie Stephen, G. Winthrop Young 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samuel Johnson 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1878 — 224 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1904 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Agnostic's Apology And Other Essays 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1893 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sparks: Adventures in Street Photography 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hours in a Library 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1892 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Healed from Chronic Lyme Disease: My Journey 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horse-Powered Farming for the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Equipment, Methods, and Management for Organic Growers by Leslie Stephen, David Kline (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dictionary of National Biography (82 books)
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Leslie Stephen (Editor),

Sidney Lee (Editor)

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“No good story is quite true.”
― Leslie Stephen

tags: writing-advice

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“The Agnostic is one who asserts 'what no one denies' that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.”
― Leslie Stephen

tags: agno, agnostic, agnostic-atheism, agnosticism

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“No poetry lives which reflects only the cheerful emotions. Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. We can bring harmony out of melancholy; we cannot banish melancholy from the world. And the religious utterances, which are the highest form of poetry, are bound by the same law. There is a deep sadness in the world.”
― Leslie Stephen

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