On this day, February 13, 1935, Vernon Lee’s close friend Mabel Price wrote from 49, Banbury Road, Oxford to her close French friend Berthe Noufflard, 61 rue de Varenne, Paris:
Oxford Feb 13.
it is all over –this morning.
Will you let Mrs Duclaux know
Mbl
The original letter is available at https://eman-archives.org/HoL/items/show/1862
Vernon Lee now Rests in Peace, but her memory and her work live on thanks to the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino, who keeps Lee’s vibrant heritage alive and develops artistic and cultural activities which she would have loved, and thanks to all the students, scholars and readers, members of a community of kindred spirits around the world.
As this year marks the 90th anniversary of Vernon Lee’s passing, the Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino will go at 10:30 a.m. to the Cimitero degli Allori via senese 180, where she is buried, inviting those who are interested to come and wanting to bring a small excerpt from her essays or stories to read there extemporaneously as a tribute to her memory. For more information, contact associazione@palmerino.it and visit https://www.palmerino.org/
Long Live Lee!
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