Lee, Vernon (pseudonym of Violet Paget). PHANTOM LOVER: A FANTASTIC STORY. Boston: Roberts Brothers, Small octavo, pp. [] [1] ii [3] , original mustard cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. First U.S. edition. "Of Lee's best fiction, only two stories are set outside of Italy. · A Phantom Lover By Vernon Lee (nee Violet Paget, ) Published in Although this novella is not on my initial list of books I intend to read for this challenge, I have decided to put a review here after stumbling into it a couple of days . · “A Phantom Lover” () is arguably Lee’s best-known supernatural story, and for good reason: in terms of innovation and sheer strangeness, it still feels remarkably fresh today. It’s framed as the story of a portraitist who reluctantly agrees to paint William Oke and his wife Alice, whom he imagines to be dull, provincial www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.
A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in Set in a Kentish manor house, the story concerns a portrait painter commissioned by a squire, William Oke, to produce portraits of him and his wife, the eccentric Mrs. Alice Oke, who bears a striking resemblance to a woman in a mysterious, seventeenth century painting. Dear Vernon, The novella A Phantom Lover (first published in , and later collected in Hauntings in , as 'Oke of Okehurst') reads like a claustrophobic hall of mirrors, where the reflected image and the real thing behind it are blurred. We gradually lose sight of what is and isn't real and who is the double of whom. The story is told by a nameless portraitist who is commissioned. A Phantom Lover By Vernon Lee (nee Violet Paget, ) Published in Although this novella is not on my initial list of books I intend to read for this challenge, I have decided to put a review here after stumbling into it a couple of days ago. It is one of the best ghost stories I have ever read.
A Phantom Lover is the 4th book in the Horror Hall Of Fame series and did not disappoint. The author, Vernon Lee AKA Violet Paget, was a lesbian art critic that lived from Her works are often featured in Victorian supernatural collections but, as far as I am aware, I had never read anything by her before. A Phantom Lover. A Phantom Lover. By. Vernon Lee. 0 (0 Reviews) Published: Downloads: 1, Share This. Renaissance Fancies and Studies by Vernon Lee. Lee, Vernon, Title: A Phantom Lover Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Subject: Paranormal fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. Release Date: May 1, Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 46 downloads in the last 30 days. Price.
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