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  • Proteus
    Vernon Lee
    A provocative whisper from the past that speaks directly to our tech-driven present Proteus: Or, The Future of Intelligence reawakens Vernon Lee s startling vision of cognition, society, and transformation.Part essay, part literary meditation, Proteus traces the evolution of intelligence across minds human and nonhuman imagining the contours of cognitive evolution and the...
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    13,44 €

  • Euphorion
    Vernon Lee
    Explore the fascinating intersection of the antique, the medieval, and the Renaissance in Vernon Lee’s 'Euphorion, Vol. 2: Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance.' This insightful work of Italian literary criticism delves into the epic poetry of the period, examining the historical context that shaped its creation and reception.Lee masterfully analyze...
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    33,84 €

  • Hortus Vitae
    Vernon Lee
    Cultivate a richer existence with Violet Paget’s 'Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life.' This collection of insightful essays offers timeless wisdom on navigating the complexities of life and fostering personal growth. Paget, a keen observer of human nature, delves into philosophical reflections and practical self-improvement strategies, encouraging readers to cultivat...
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    20,19 €

  • Hortus Vitae
    Vernon Lee
    Cultivate a richer existence with Violet Paget’s 'Hortus Vitae: Essays on the Gardening of Life.' This collection of insightful essays offers timeless wisdom on navigating the complexities of life and fostering personal growth. Paget, a keen observer of human nature, delves into philosophical reflections and practical self-improvement strategies, encouraging readers to cultivat...
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    33,82 €

  • The Beautiful
    Vernon Lee
    Explore the enduring power of beauty and its impact on the human psyche with Vernon Lee’s 'The Beautiful: An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics.' This seminal work delves into the fascinating realm of aesthetics, examining how we perceive and appreciate form. Lee offers a compelling exploration of psychological aesthetics, dissecting the elements that contribute to our ex...
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    17,33 €

  • Ariadne in Mantua
    Vernon Lee
    'Ariadne in Mantua: A Romance in Five Acts' by Vernon Lee transports readers to the heart of the Italian Renaissance in this compelling historical drama. This meticulously prepared edition revives Lee’s captivating play, a work steeped in the atmosphere of its time. The story unfolds in Italy, weaving together elements of classical mythology and dramatic intrigue.Explore themes...
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    15,94 €

  • Vanitas
    Vernon Lee
    Vanitas: Polite Stories, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned ...
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    18,82 €

  • Vanitas
    Vernon Lee / Violet Paget
    Here are three stories from the pen of Vernon Lee (Violet Paget, 1865-1935): 'Lady Tal,' 'A Worldly Woman,' and 'The Legend of Madame Krasinska.''Round these sketches of frivolous women, there have gathered some of the least frivolous thoughts, heaven knows, that have ever come into my head; or rather, such thoughts have condensed and taken body in these stories. Indeed, how ca...
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    15,59 €

  • The Spirit of Rome
    Vernon Lee
    The Spirit of Rome, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed....
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    14,85 €

  • THE BEAUTIFUL AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL AESTHETICS
    Vernon Lee
    'The Beautiful: An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics' by Vernon Lee is a groundbreaking exploration into the world of aesthetics and the psychology at the back of our perceptions of beauty. Published in the past due nineteenth century, Lee, a pseudonym for British creator and artwork critic Violet Paget, brings a completely unique mixture of philosophy, psychology, and a...
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    12,00 €

  • A Phantom Lover
    Vernon Lee
    A Phantom Lover, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies o...
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    19,41 €

  • Penelope Brandling
    Vernon Lee
    Penelope Brandling: A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century , a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped a...
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    19,30 €

  • Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua
    Vernon Lee
    Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because the...
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    16,34 €

  • Hauntings; Fantastic Stories
    Vernon Lee
    Hauntings; Fantastic Stories has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made ...
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    15,80 €

  • The Spirit of Rome
    Vernon Lee
    The Spirit of Rome (1906) is a memoir by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Spirit of Rome is a captivating meditation on the author’s experiences in Rome. Raised in the city, she returns as an adult to find it as mysterious and magical as before, a place where any day could offer ...
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    16,98 €

  • Laurus Nobilis
    Vernon Lee
    Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life (1909) is a collection of essays by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life follows in the footsteps of Walter Pater, a pioneering art historian of Victorian England. A principled feminist and committed pacifi...
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    14,89 €

  • The Countess of Albany
    Vernon Lee
    The Countess of Albany (1886) is a biography by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Countess of Albany is a biography of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, whose unhappy marriage to Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, often obscured her reputation as an inde...
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    14,81 €

  • Hauntings
    Vernon Lee
    Hauntings (1890) is a short story collection by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, Hauntings collects four of her most chilling tales of the supernatural. Employing formal techniques to mimic diary and letter writing, Lee brings her reader face to face with the psychological unease emb...
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    14,86 €

  • Ariadne in Mantua
    Vernon Lee
    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. ...
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    10,77 €

  • The Countess of Albany
    Vernon Lee
    The Countess of Albany (1886) is a biography by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Countess of Albany is a biography of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, whose unhappy marriage to Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, often obscured her reputation as an inde...
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    7,57 €

  • Laurus Nobilis
    Vernon Lee
    Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life (1909) is a collection of essays by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life follows in the footsteps of Walter Pater, a pioneering art historian of Victorian England. A principled feminist and committed pacifi...
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    7,65 €

  • Hauntings
    Vernon Lee
    Hauntings (1890) is a short story collection by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, Hauntings collects four of her most chilling tales of the supernatural. Employing formal techniques to mimic diary and letter writing, Lee brings her reader face to face with the psychological unease emb...
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    7,62 €

  • The Spirit of Rome
    Vernon Lee
    The Spirit of Rome (1906) is a memoir by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, The Spirit of Rome is a captivating meditation on the author’s experiences in Rome. Raised in the city, she returns as an adult to find it as mysterious and magical as before, a place where any day could offer ...
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    6,66 €

  • A Phantom Lover
    Vernon Lee
    A Phantom Lover (1886) is a story by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian Renaissance, A Phantom Lover is a chilling tale of psychological unease featuring a strange married couple and a doppelganger from across the centuries. A principled feminist and committed pacifist, Lee was virtually blackliste...
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    4,35 €

  • Belcaro; Being Essays On Sundry Aesthetical Questions
    Vernon Lee
    A doorway to fin-de-siècle Europe’s sensibility, Belcaro opens a living dialogue between beauty, perception, and culture. This is more than a meditation on art; it is an essay collection that threads literary criticism with vivid aesthetic essays, inviting readers to feel, weigh, and interpret the world through Vernon Lee’s wary, respiring prose.The book gathers thoughtful medi...
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    20,21 €

  • The Countess of Albany
    Vernon Lee
    This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. ...
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    14,36 €

  • Genius Loci
    Vernon Lee
    Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the Franco-British writer Violet Paget (1856-1935). For over 50 years, Paget churned out works of both fiction and nonfiction at the rate of nearly a book a year. Perhaps best remembered today for her supernatural short stories, Paget produced a number of books with essays about travel and place. Genius Loci: Notes on Places (1899) was her first....
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    10,39 €

  • Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions
    Vernon Lee
    'Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions' is an 1881 collection of essays on the subject of aestheticism written by Vernon Lee. Contents include: 'The Book and its Title', 'The Child in the Vatican', 'Orpheus and Eurydice - The Lesson of a Bas-Relief', 'Faustus and Helena - Notes on the Supernatural in Art', 'Chapelmaster Kreisler - A Study of Musical Romanticist...
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    25,55 €

  • The Beautiful - An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics
    Vernon Lee
    Violet Paget (1856–1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics. She also wrote more than a dozen books on a variety of subjects ranging from music to travel, and today she is best remembered for her original ideas and amusing use of irony. First published in 1...
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    20,32 €

  • Beauty & Art - A Collection of Essays
    Vernon Lee
    Violet Paget (1856–1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics. She also wrote more than a dozen books on a variety of subjects ranging from music to travel, and today she is best remembered for her original ideas and amusing use of irony. This volume contains...
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    25,47 €


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