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"There is no doubt that Vernon Lee will be read by her posterity," predicted Desmond MacCarthy in 1931, "for her work is a rare combination of intellectual curiosity and imaginative sensibility." MacC...
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The prolific author known as Vernon Lee occupies an unusual position in the intellectual history of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Had she been male, her extensive albeit undiscipl...
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Although Vernon Lee (born Violet Paget) was widely respected for her intellect during her lifetime-- Henry James, for example, wrote to his brother William on 20 January 1893 that Lee's "vigour and s...
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Because she wanted recognition for her work on aesthetics and politics, Vernon Lee sometimes complained of the popularity of her travel essays. Yet her seven collections of travel writing composed bet...
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Violet Paget, who took the pen name of Vernon Lee, was born to English expatriate parents on 14 October 1856 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. She was recognized in her time as one of the most impressive i...
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In the following essay, the critic offers a negative assessment of the stories in Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales.
The lady who writes under the pen-name of Vernon Lee has a well-defined litera...
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in the following excerpt from the introduction to Lee's short story collection, Gregory examines thematic and stylistic aspects of Lee's fiction.
It was a clever, bookish, studious child...
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In the following essay, the critic provides a mixed assessment of Lee's stories in Pope Jacynth and More Supernatural Tales.
Vernon Lee (Viola Paget, 1856-1935, a distinguished student of Itali...
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In the following excerpt, Briggs examines similarities between the fiction of Vernon Lee and Henry James.
When T. S. Eliot's Gerontion declared that he had no ghosts, he rejected his past, both...
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In the following essay, Clute offers a thematic overview of Lee's supernatural tales.
Under the cover of "Vernon Lee"—the pseudonym of an expatriate—Violet Paget is ...
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In the following essay, Willis explores the defining characteristics of Lee's short fiction.
Robert Browning's tribute to Vernon Lee which is quoted on the jacket of [Supernatural Tales:...
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Violet Paget
Critical Review by Anthenaeum
