A Little Happier: A Beautiful Ending & the Final Passage of Queen Victoria
17 November 2025 - 5 minsAs a writer, I'm particularly drawn to great endings, and I read the extraordinary closing paragraphs of Lytton Strachey’s biography Queen Victoria. Strachey imagines Victoria's fading mind retracing the vanished visions of her long history—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.
Get in touch: [email protected]
Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app.
Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Series Episodes
Ep. 579: Do You Have Trouble Making Plans with Friends? And How to Question a Questioner
30 mins
25 March Finished
More Happier: Do You Expect Too Much? Plus, How to Finish an Important Project
27 mins
21 March Finished
