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Agnes

Mary Frances Darmesteter after her first marriage,

and Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux after her second; 27 February

1857 – 9 February 1944) was a poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, and

translator. She was the elder sister of the novelist and critic Frances Mabel Robinson. Agnes

Mary Frances Robinson was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, on 27 February 1857

to a wealthy architect. After a few years, the family moved to become a part of

the artistic community growing in London. Robinson and her younger sister,

Frances Mabel Robinson, shared an education under governesses and in Brussels

until they attended one year at University College, London.

The Robinson house became a central location for painters and writers as William Michael Rossetti, William Morris, William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones, James Abbott McNeill

Whistler, Arthur Symons, Ford Madox Brown, and Mathilde Blind, to meet and cultivate a community of artists.

In 1876, Robinson met John Addington Symonds,

who provided literary advice as she began her writing. Robinson's first book of

poems, A Handful of Honeysuckle was published in 1878 and was

greeted with much success. In 1880, the family travelled to Italy, where

Robinson first met Vernon Lee (Violet

Paget). During the 1880s, Robinson published a book of poetry almost every

year, as well as her one novel Arden. She received most of her

acclaim through her lyrics. In 1888, Robinson married James Darmesteter, a Jewish professor at the College de France

and moved to Paris, France. Darmesteter translated much of Robinson's works

into French during their marriage, and Robinson improved her own French where

she eventually published her first original work in French, Marguerites

du Temps Passé. During her stay in Paris, Robinson and her husband became

involved in the Parisian literary society which included Hippolyte Taine, Ernest Renan, and Gaston Paris. After a brief 6 years married, Darmesteter died

on 19 October 1894 from a short illness and left Robinson widowed at age 38.

Robinson remained in France after Darmesteter died, and she wrote articles for

the Revue de Paris,

translated her late husband's work, and researched for a biography she wrote

for Ernest Renan. Robinson mingled with the scientific community of

France as well, and in 1902 she married Emile Duclaux, a student of the biologist and chemist Louis Pasteur. Robinson became a part of Duclaux's scientific

studies and assisted him in his writings. After Duclaux died in 1904, Robinson

continued to delve more in France and French life, living among her

stepchildren from Auvergne to Paris. For the next 20 years, Robinson wrote

biographies of prominent artists, reviews of literature, and poetry

collections. When war broke out in 1939, her stepchildren moved Robinson and

her sister Mabel to a hiding place in Aurillac where she remained safe, peacefully writing

French and English poetry. In 1943, Robinson underwent an operation for the

removal of a double cataract from her eyes, but died 4 months later on 9

February 1944. Robinson died at the age of 87 and was buried in Aurillac. Robinson

formed many intimate relationships throughout her life. Her longest intimate

relationship was shared with Vernon Lee (the pen name of Violet Paget). The two

of them travelled between England, France, and Italy for 8 years until Robinson

settled into married life with Darmesteter in Paris. Lee broke down after the

initial marriage announcement and although she never fully recovered, she did

renew her friendship once more through letters and some visits to Paris. In

Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, 1,253 folio pages still exist of letters

between Lee and Robinson and 1,100 of the pages are from 1880-1887 before

Robinson's marriage to Darmesteter. The letters contain intimate terms such as

"dear love" and "dear glory of my life"[4] demonstrating the romantic connection the women

shared. Robinson and Lee also shared a close relationship with the author John Addington Symonds,

who published articles on male homosexuality and worked closely with Havelock Ellis on his work Sexual Inversion.

Although Symonds was married and openly homosexual, his letters show his

appreciation of Robinson. He states in one such letter that Robinson was

"a charming friend in every possible way: a more beautiful and gentle

spirit I have never met with."[5] Symonds mentored Robinson through her study of

Greek language and literature at University College London. Symonds shared an

intellectual relationship with Robinson and Lee, taking on the role of a

teacher and critique of their works. 

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