The first biography of Vernon Lee (Violet Paget, 1856-1935), essayist, novelist and critic, one of the most brilliant women of her time. Drawing on her private papers at Colby College, Peter Gunn portrays a formidable, outspoken intellectual, from her early Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy onward, and her relationships with John Singer Sargent, Henry James, H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, Maurice Baring and Bernard Berenson.
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| Title: Vernon Lee |
| Author: Peter Gunn |
| ISBN: 9780410000000 |
| Subtitle: Violet Paget, 1856-1935 |
| Genre: Autobiography/Biography; Literary History |
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| Publication Date: 27395 |
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| Publisher: Arno Press |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 244 |
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| Notes: First published by Oxford University Press, 1964; this is the 1975 Arno Press reprint. Vernon Lee’s intimate companions included Mary Robinson and Clementina (Kit) Anstruther-Thomson. |
| Book_ID: 119038 |