Record Number: 16743
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Florence
specific address: Villa 'Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Matiere et Memoire
Genre:Social Science, Science, Psychology of memory
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: Felix Alcan, 1903; 3rd edition
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16743
Source:Henri Bergson
Editor:n/a
Title:Matiere et Memoire
Place of Publication:Paris
Date of Publication:1903
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Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henri Bergson, Matiere et Memoire, (Paris, 1903), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16743, accessed: 17 August 2024
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