The Vernon Lee Collection at Colby College
Violet Paget (1856-1935), who published under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, spent her life in England and Italy, was fluent in four languages, and became a central figure in the literary and social circles of her day. She wrote essays on aesthetics, archaeology, history and politics and authored over fifty books. The Vernon Lee Collection at Colby College contains over 1000 letters, 136 manuscripts and articles, 117 photographs, and a small number of personal documents and artifacts. Finding Aid | Reconstructing Violet Paget