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Jun 5, 2014 · The surviving letters, beginning in 1910 when Violet was sixteen and Vita eighteen, capture the exultant and anguishing whirlwind of love so passionate yet so utterly quixotic in the context of their era’s bigotry toward same-sex romance. In October of 1910, 16-year-old Violet replies — in French, and with exquisite candor — to a letter ...
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Queen Camilla (grandniece) Violet Trefusis ( née Keppel; 6 June 1894 – 29 February 1972) was an English socialite and author. She is chiefly remembered for her lengthy affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West that both women continued after their respective marriages. It was featured in novels by both parties; in Virginia Woolf 's novel ...
Oct 21, 2022 · Violet Trefusis is known for her passionate love affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West. And for being unapologetic about her sexuality. By Rebecca Batley Friday, October 21, 2022
Oct 10, 2018 · Though monogamy wasn’t prized by the Edwardian nobility, marriage was obligatory. Shortly after her twenty-fifth birthday, in June 1919, Violet was all but frog-marched down the aisle. The groom, Denys Trefusis, was a tall, blue-eyed war hero who, at least in the eyes of society, was a peerlessly desirable match. Violet liked him well enough.
This poem by Vita Sackville-West about her love for Violet Trefusis, was recently discovered by a scholar during conservation work at Vita’s home at Sissinghurst: When sometimes I stroll in silence, with you. Through great floral meadows of open country. I listen to your chatter, and give thanks to the gods.
Mar 31, 2020 · The proprietary rush that lanky, unpopular Vita felt in claiming “this extraordinary, this almost unearthly creature” as her friend would evolve, over the next fifteen years, into a mutual psychosexual obsession. To Vita, Violet was unreliable, irritating, and perfect; but Harold was “unalterable, perennial, and best .”.
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Jan 29, 2020 · Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962; Leaska, Mitchell Alexander; Phillips, John (John Nova) Boxid IA1766917 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1151670938
