Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the British author Violet Paget. She wrote supernatural fiction and essays on themes like art, music and feminism. Through themes like hauntings and possession she explored marginalization and societal pressures in Victorian England. Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady is a short fairy tale that was published in 1896. The story follows a lonely young prince who falls in love with a medieval tapestry and the half-snake woman that is depicted on it.
