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The life of Violet Paget, a multilingual journalist who started her career at just 13, embodies the complexities of a Victorian lady writer. Her struggles with likely psychosomatic illnesses and her possible secret lesbian identity add layers to her character. As a figure of both mystery and scandal, she represents the intriguing intersection of personal turmoil and literary achievement in the gothic horror genre.
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Hauntings, Vernon Lee
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Hauntings
- Subtitle
- Fantastic Stories
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Vernon Lee
- Publisher
- Cosimo Classics
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 148
- ISBN13
- 9781605206592
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, Short Stories, Horror, 19th century, Horror Short Stories, Gothic, Victorian Era, Gothic Horror
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- The life of Violet Paget, a multilingual journalist who started her career at just 13, embodies the complexities of a Victorian lady writer. Her struggles with likely psychosomatic illnesses and her possible secret lesbian identity add layers to her character. As a figure of both mystery and scandal, she represents the intriguing intersection of personal turmoil and literary achievement in the gothic horror genre.