Search results
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.
- English
- Queen Camilla (grandniece)
- Novelist, radio broadcaster
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 ...
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.
Trefusis, Violet (1894–1972)English novelist, memoirist, and salon hostess. Born Violet Keppel in London, England, on June 6, 1894; died at the Villa l'Ombrellino in Florence, Italy, onMarch 1, 1972; daughter of Colonel George Keppel (an army officer and brother of the earl of Albemarle) and Alice (Edmonstone) Keppel (1869–1947); sister of Sonia Keppel (1900–1986); married Denys Robert ...
Apr 29, 2013 · Sackville-West's erotic verse, written in French to her lover Violet Trefusis and translated by Harvey James, the scholar who found it, contrasts daytime strolls through floral meadows with ...
People also ask
Who was Violet Trefusis?
Where is Violet Trefusis buried?
When did François Mitterrand meet Violet Trefusis?
Why did Violet and Vita go to France?
Violet Trefusis 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 Orlando: A Biography; and in many letters and memoirs of the period roughly from 1912 to 1922. She may have been the inspiration ...
Mar 20, 1977 · Violet Trefusis (1894‐1972) was not one of the major talents of her time. She cannot be said even to belong to the famous Bloomsbury Group. Yet her life intermingled fatefully with the life of ...
