Record Number: 16972

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Notes in pencil in the rear inside cover, and some light marginalia in pencil throughout the volume; this is extensive on the following pages: 90, 108-111, 116-7, 134-5, 140-1, 175, 185.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1924 and 13 Feb 1935

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence
specific address: 'Villa Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vernon Lee

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Oct 1856

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edwin S. Goodrich

Title:

Living Organisms: An Account of their Origin & Evolution

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Oxford: Clarendon, 1924

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16972

Source:

Print

Author:

Edwin S. Goodrich

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Living Organisms: An Account of their Origin & Evolution

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1924

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edwin S. Goodrich, Living Organisms: An Account of their Origin & Evolution, (Oxford, 1924), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16972, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

'Vernon Lee' is the pseudonym of Violet Paget (1856-1935). This volume is housed in the Special Collections of the Harold Acton Library, the British Institute of Florence