Vernon Lee author biography, plus links to books by Vernon Lee.

Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee (1856-1935)—the pen name of the writer Violet Paget—was a travel writer, novelist, musician, and critic. Primarily remembered today for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics, she spent most of her life in Florence, Italy, where she cultivated friendships with artists such as Telemaco Signorini, Edith Wharton, and Henry James. One of the first to bring the concept of Einfühlung, or empathy, into English criticism, she was an outspoken follower of Walter Pater's aestheticism and vocal pacifist until her death in 1935.

This biography was last updated on 09/28/2022.

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