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“Vernon Lee” was the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget (1856–1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction, much of it influenced by her lesbianism and feminism, as well as for her books and essays on aesthetics.
Her novella “A Culture-Ghost; or, Winthrop’s Adventure” was first published in the April, 1881 issue of Appletons’ Journal. It was left out of Hauntings, but it’s certainly a masterpiece of weird fiction, fully worthy of rediscovery today.
Vernon Lee
Vernon Lee (1856-1935), the pen name of Violet Paget, was a queer intellectual, feminist, and pacifist. She wrote groundbreaking treatises on art and aesthetics, essays on topics from history to travel to music, and supernatural fiction. Widely respected despite her contentious nature, Lee attracted a large circle of literary friends including H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, and Oscar Wilde.
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