Vernon Lee

Dominique Gracia (University of Exeter)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

Born 14 Oct 1856
Died 13 Feb 1935
Activity 1876-1935

Places

Born in France
Active in England; Italy

Activities

Primary

Essayist
Novelist

Resources

Under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, Violet Paget’s writings spanned the fin de siècle and Modernist periods with a broad scope of history, aesthetics, travel writing, and fiction. The bulk of Lee’s works are non-fiction, but she remains best known for her short fiction, and in particular the supernatural Hauntings: Fantastic Stories (1890). Lee wrote largely in English as a British expatriate from continental Europe. Born in France, at Château St Leonard in Boulogne on 14 October 1856 to Henry Ferguson Paget and Matilda Lee-Hamilton, she spent the majority of her life in Italy, where she is most associated with Villa il Palmerino in Florence, her long-time residence, and San Gervasio, where …

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Citation: Gracia, Dominique. "Vernon Lee". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 April 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2677, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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