A Little Happier: A Beautiful Ending & the Final Passage of Queen Victoria

<p>As a writer, I'm particularly drawn to great endings, and I read the extraordinary closing paragraphs of Lytton Strachey&rsquo;s biography&nbsp;<em>Queen Victoria</em>. Strachey imagines Victoria's fading mind retracing the vanished visions of her long history&mdash;passing back through decades of memories in a poignant, poetic cascade that captures both the end of a life and the end of an era.</p> <p>Get in touch: <a href="mailto:podcast@gretchenrubin.com">podcast@gretchenrubin.com</a></p> <p>Visit<a href="https://gretchenrubin.com/">&nbsp;Gretchen's website</a>&nbsp;to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the&nbsp;<em>Happier&nbsp;</em>app.</p> <p>Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.&nbsp;</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>