Record Number: 16743

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Heavily annotated, mainly in pencil in French (though some summary notes in English), throughout. Summary index of notes on front and back inside covers, flyleaf, half-title page, title page, and last page (opposite the 'Table des Matieres'). This book was re-read in January 1923.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1903 and 31 Jan 1923

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:

Henri Bergson

Title:

Matiere et Memoire

Genre:

Social Science, Science, Psychology of memory

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Felix Alcan, 1903; 3rd edition

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16743

Source:

Print

Author:

Henri Bergson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Matiere et Memoire

Place of Publication:

Paris

Date of Publication:

1903

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henri Bergson, Matiere et Memoire, (Paris, 1903), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16743, accessed: 22 November 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