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Vernon Lee and the European cultural heritage, 18-19 September 2025 – Programme

Posted on 24/06/2025 by geoffroysophie

Please don’t forget to register for the conference. Registration is open until June 30. You can sign up here: https://dr01.azur-colloque.fr/inscription/fr/216/inscription During registration, you’ll have the option to add supplements such as the conference dinner (€45) or dinner for an accompanying … Continue reading →

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Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino: Upcoming Events

Posted on 02/06/2025 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, we are delighted to share the following information from our friends at the Colonica di Villa Il Palmerino! Carissimi Soci  Siamo felici d’invitarvi all’inaugurazione della ormai consueta mostra di ritratti realizzata da Charles Cecil Studios, che conferma la sua … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee Conference in Paris – 18 & 19 September 2025 : Registration is now open!

Posted on 28/05/2025 by geoffroysophie

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that registration for the upcoming Vernon Lee conference is now open. You may register via the following link: Registration will remain open from Monday, May 26 until June 30. Please note that … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee and the European cultural heritage: Reciprocal influences and intermedial dialogue – Influences réciproques et dialogue intermédial – Paris, September 18 & 19, 2025

Posted on 15/04/2025 by geoffroysophie

Dear readers, we are delighted to forward the final programme of the conference organised by Prof. Christophe GELLY (Université de Clermont Auvergne) and Emilie LAURENT (PhD Université de Clermont Auvergne), under the aegis of ECHELLES UMR 8225 and CELIS 4280, … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee on Tariffs and Protectionism

Posted on 05/04/2025 by geoffroysophie

Vernon Lee to Clementina Anstruther Thomson, Venice, October 16, 1903 I am following this Chamberlain’s fiscal business with deep & painful interest. To me it is simply the 3d act of the policy of jingoism, of “Imperialism” –…. grabbingness of … Continue reading →

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Vernon Lee’s Hauntings Translated in Turkish by Eda Çalğar

Posted on 24/03/2025 by geoffroysophie

We are delighted to announce Eda Çalğar’s Turkish translation of Vernon Lee’s  collection of fantastic stories Hauntings :  ‘Hayalet Öyküleri ve Diğer Doğaüstü Anlatılar’ . “It is the first translation of Lee into Turkish and is with a very prestigious press” (Sally … Continue reading →

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Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino: Hommage à Vernon Lee

Posted on 16/03/2025 by geoffroysophie

Chers amis de Vernon Lee, nos amis de l’Association Culturelle Il Palmerino annoncent un événement littéraire et musical en hommage à Vernon Lee susceptible de vous intéresser. Heureux ceux qui pourront s’y rendre! Merci infiniment de nous faire parvenir vos … Continue reading →

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In memoriam: Walter Pater – 30 July 1894

Posted on 16/03/2025 by geoffroysophie

Marie-Thérèse Blanc (“Th. Bentzon”) October 5, 1894 Florence, Italy Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Manuscrits, Paris Il Palmerino Maiano Florence Ce 5 Octobre [Today October 5] My dear Madame Blanc, much to write something about my friend (& master in many … Continue reading →

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What can we expect? After 5 November 2024

Posted on 16/03/2025 by geoffroysophie

“Much of the world’s big mischief is due to the avoidance of a bigger one. For instance, all this naïvely insisted on masculine inability to obtain the poet’s or naturalist’s joys without shooting a bird or hooking a fish, this … Continue reading →

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On this day, 90 years ago, Vernon Lee passed away

Posted on 13/02/2025 by geoffroysophie

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 … Continue reading →

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