Ebook {Epub PDF} A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee

 · 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. A Phantom Lover. By. Vernon Lee. 0 (0 Reviews) Published: Downloads: 1, Share This. A Phantom Lover. By. Vernon Lee. 0 (0 Reviews) Free Download. The Countess of Albany by Vernon Lee Download Read more. Euphorion. Euphorion by Vernon Lee Download Read more. Euphorion. Euphorion by Vernon Lee Download Read more.  · Under the pseudonym of Lee, Paget was the author of many notable works of supernatural fiction. Although ’s A Phantom Lover has undoubtedly had the most staying power. Although it is framed as the story of a portrait painter hired on by a man whom he believes to be a a provincial dullard to paint himself and his wife, it is very much not his story.

With echoes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," A Phantom Lover creates an otherworldly space for this provocative femme fatale to live and love as she pleases. Format Paperback Pages ISBN Price $12 Publication Date Febru. A Phantom Lover Vernon Lee. 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. Chapter 07LibriVox recording of A Phantom Lover, by Vernon www.doorway.ru by Anthony Leslie.A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of V.

I wanted to read something by Vernon Lee (Violet Paget) when I saw her portrait by John Singer Sargent and read a little about her life. She is a somewhat forgotten woman writer. This story is haunting, about an artist who goes to paint a portrait. The subject, Mrs. Oke, is very elusive, and she seems to be in love with a man who is dead. Under the pseudonym of Lee, Paget was the author of many notable works of supernatural fiction. Although ’s A Phantom Lover has undoubtedly had the most staying power. Although it is framed as the story of a portrait painter hired on by a man whom he believes to be a a provincial dullard to paint himself and his wife, it is very much not his story. “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 people.