Carrington, Dora

From Philosopedia

Carrington, Dora (1893—1932) Lytton Strachey spent the last sixteen years of his life in a ménage à trois with Carrington, a painter, and her husband, George Partridge. A 1995 movie, “Carrington,” was directed by Christopher Hampton and detailed her escapades with others, mainly non-theists, of the Bloomsbury group. Carrington was barely educated, but her misspelled letters reveal a sensitivity and wit which held a profound appeal to the homosexual Strachey. He, in turn, supplied her with a refreshing interest in intellectual rather than in animalistic sexual matters. Neither was attracted to organized religion. Carrington, a graduate of the Slade School of Art, was a person lacking in confidence, yet many men fell in love with her because of her aura of milkmaid innocence. After overcoming her long period of virginity, she had many affairs but kept Strachey as her major love. After his death, she committed suicide when but thirty-eight.