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Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music, and travel.

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Essayist, short-story writer, activist (1856-1935)

Born 1856
Died 1935

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Essayist, short-story writer, activist (1856-1935)

Born 1856
Died 1935

Subjects

Description and travel Aesthetics Music Philosophy and aesthetics Fiction Renaissance English Fantasy fiction History and criticism Pragmatism Psychological aspects Truth Art Authorship English drama Italian Epic poetry Love Medieval Civilization Poetry Psychology World War, 1914-1918 English Paranormal fiction Fiction, fantasy, general Fiction, occult & supernatural Gardens Intellectual life

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Europe Italy Rome (Italy) France Germany Great Britain Switzerland Tuscany

People

Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele Albany Princess of Stolberg-Gedern, calling herself Countess of (1752-1824) Domenico Neroni Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440 or 41-1494) E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) Jesus Christ Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuel Albany Princess of Stolberg, known as Countess of (1752-1824) Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuele Albany Princess of Stolberg, calling herself countess of (1752-1824) Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuelle Albany Princess of Stolberg, calling herself countess of (1752-1824) Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440 or 1441-1494) Matteo Maria Bojardo conte di Scandiano (1440-1494) Perugino (approximately 1450-1523) Vernon Lee (1856-1935)

Time

Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 1559-1789 1800-1918 18th century

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  • Violet Paget
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