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| − | [[File:John Singer Sargent 002.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Violet Paget by [[John Singer Sargent]]]]'''Vernon Lee''' was the pseudonym of the writer '''Violet Paget''' (1856–1935) | + | [[File:John Singer Sargent 002.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Violet Paget by [[John Singer Sargent]]]]'''Vernon Lee''' was the pseudonym of the writer '''Violet Paget''' (1856–1935). She was born in Boulogne to English parents, and lived much of her life on the continent. She was the half-sister of the poet Eugene Lee-Hamilton. |
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| + | She was noted for her supernatural fiction, and wrote many essays on art, music, and travel. During the first world war she was active as a pacifist. | ||
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| + | She had long-term passionate friendships with three women, Mary Robinson, Kit Anstruther-Thomson, and thr British author [[Amy Levy]].<ref name="lesbian">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/09/empathy-lee-moral-study-others|title=You have to be kind to be cruel|publisher=New Statesman|work=Society |date=6 September 2010|accessdate=3 January 2013|author=Vernon, Mark}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:21, 21 March 2015
Portrait of Violet Paget by John Singer Sargent
She was noted for her supernatural fiction, and wrote many essays on art, music, and travel. During the first world war she was active as a pacifist.
She had long-term passionate friendships with three women, Mary Robinson, Kit Anstruther-Thomson, and thr British author Amy Levy.[1]
