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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,... Read Full Overview

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"Vanitas" from Vernon Lee. Pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (1856-1935).

The church of the Salute, with its cupolas and volutes, stared in at the long windows, white, luminous, spectral. A white carpet of moonlight stretched to where they were sitting, with only one lamp lit, for fear of mosquitoes. All the remoter parts of the vast drawing-room were... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview

Vanitas is a novel written by Vernon Lee, originally published in 1892. The story is set in Florence, Italy, during the 16th century and follows the life of a young Englishman named Arthur Severn. Arthur is an artist who has come to Florence to study the works of the great masters... Read Full Overview

Vanitas is a novel written by Vernon Lee, a pseudonym for English writer Violet Paget. The book was first published in 1892 and is considered a Gothic horror story that explores themes of death, decay, and the supernatural.The story is set in the 19th century and follows the... Read Full Overview