{"title":"Vernon Lee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVernon Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a world where the supernatural subtly intertwines with everyday life. Her works, including \u003cem\u003eA Phantom Lover\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHauntings\u003c\/em\u003e, evoke atmospheric tales rich with eerie beauty and psychological depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring themes of horror and the uncanny, Lee's stories reveal the haunting presence of the unseen and the mysterious impulses that dwell beneath the surface of reality. This collection appeals to those drawn to literary ghost stories and the art of atmospheric suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-phantom-lover-by-vernon-lee-9780712353816","title":"A Phantom Lover","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring her lifetime, Violet Paget, who wrote as Vernon Lee, was referred to as 'the greatest of modern exponents of the supernatural in fiction'. Yet today, she remains on the periphery of the genre. This collection of her uniquely weird short stories and dark fantasies proves why she was once considered among the best of the genre and why she deserves to return to those ranks today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom modernised folk tales such as \u003cem\u003eMarsyas in Flanders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Legend of Madame Krasinska\u003c\/em\u003e to ingenious psychological hauntings such as the titular \u003cem\u003eA Phantom Lover\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Wicked Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, Lee's own voice is just as distinctive and captivating—her weird imaginings just as freshly unsettling—as in her fin-de-siècle heyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340630573292,"sku":"9780712353816","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16924773482441.jpg?v=1772161822"},{"product_id":"hauntings-by-vernon-lee-9781961884663","title":"Hauntings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBewitching ghost stories from seminal short story writer Vernon Lee, beautifully captured in the Smith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"My ghosts are what you call spurious ghosts, of whom I can affirm only one thing, that they haunted certain brains, and have haunted, among others, my own...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShipwrecked before a remote Italian coastal village, a young girl discovers the ability to command love and incite madness; a Polish historian is drawn to the enigmatic allure of a medieval Duchess with a deadly past; a painter, hired to capture the likeness of a reclusive couple, slowly uncovers a mysterious love affair; and a man with a voice that is as deadly as it is beautiful eats away at the health of those who hear him sing, troubling a composer years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce described by Henry James as being \"as dangerous and uncanny as she is intelligent,\" Vernon Lee's ghost stories haunt as much as they reveal an obsession with art, architecture, and deadly, queer desires. Even the smallest vibration from the past signals danger for the characters in \u003ci\u003eHauntings\u003c\/i\u003e: from the emanations of old houses and old books to the discovery of old portraits, objects come alive and worm into the minds of the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a conversational afterword from writers Gretchen Felker-Martin and Kayla Jumari Upadhyaya.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455582585068,"sku":"9781961884663","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81uTEqRHmzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774784891"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vernon-lee.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}