Violet Paget, Studio Broggi, Florence
“Literature is the universal confidant, the spiritual director of mankind" Vernon Lee
Portrait de Miss Paget par Berthe Noufflard, 1932
"L’avantage d’être écrivain, même sans lecteurs, c’est de pouvoir éviter tout malentendu et toute déloyauté en mettant sous les yeux des autres ce qu’on pense sous forme de livre." VL, Lettre à Berthe Noufflard 26 juillet 1925
Miss Paget, portrait photographique par André Noufflard
« Mais si seulement les gens voulaient reconnaître dans leurs semblables : des semblables, l’autre soi-même du Bouddhisme ou du moins une pauvre bête aussi capable de souffrance et d’erreur que soi-même ! » (Vernon Lee, Lettre à Mathilde Hecht, 30 décembre 1921)
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CFP: Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks, An International Vernon Lee Society Symposium. Online, October 16 & 17, 2024
Call For Papers Dedication: Unfurling Vernon Lee’s Kinship Networks An International Vernon Lee Society Symposium Online, 16 & 17 October 2024 In the essay ‘New Friends and Old’ in Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life (1903), Vernon Lee … Continue reading
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On this day, February 13, 1935: Vernon Lee turned to the wall…
Cui bono J’ai en moi le sentiment grandissant du manque complet de but dans la vie en elle-même, ou plutôt de la nature illusoire des différentes fins que nous appliquons, par manière d’acquit, aux différentes parties de la vie. Mais, … Continue reading
Time for membership renewal
Dear members, dear friends, with my very best wishes for 2024, I wish to express, like I did last year, my dearest wish that peace may reign on earth, as Vernon Lee herself desired. During the past year, this natural … Continue reading
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The Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese Translations of Vernon Lee
Queridos lectores, amigos de Vernon Lee, A principios de 2024, quiero destacar el notable trabajo realizado por los traductores, editores científicos, críticos, estudiantes o simples aficionados de Vernon Lee en español, catalán, portugués de Portugal y portugués de Brasil. La … Continue reading
“La route en lacets qui monte” par Romain Rolland
(for the English version of R. Rolland’s text, please scroll down) En décembre 1916, Romain Rolland, l’auteur de Au-dessus de la mêlée et de Jean-Christophe, à qui Vernon Lee avait dédicacé The Ballet of the Nations, et pour qui elle … Continue reading
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Latest Vernon Lee Books for Christmas
Dear readers, it is a great pleasure to announce that, following on our Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 1856-1935, Volume I, 1865-1884, published in 2016, and Selected Letters of Vernon Lee, 1856-1935, Volume II, 1885-1889 published in 2020, Selected Letters … Continue reading
Not to be Missed: 3 Exhibitions and 2 Books
Dear readers, we are delighted to announce 3 major events and 2 books, which, I am sure, will be of interest to any Vernon Lee scholar or student. Your feedbacks are always welcome! TONIGHT’S EVENT: INAUGURATION OF Palace Women, Oltrarno … Continue reading
This is my birthday…
“This is my birthday & I cannot let it pass without writing to you” Vernon Lee to Matilda Paget, October 14, 1891. Vernon Lee Archive, Miller Library, Colby College Dear readers, October 14 marks the date of Violet Paget’s birth … Continue reading
10th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the IVLS – Villa Il Palmerino, Florence, September 9, 2023
Sabato 9 settembre 2023, si è tenuto il nostro decimo incontro annuale presso Villa Il Palmerino, a Firenze: casa di Vernon Lee, ora sede della nostra cara associazione gemella: l’Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino. Questo evento è stato un’esperienza indimenticabile, un’occasione … Continue reading
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