Record Number: 16753

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Considerable marginalia in pencil in English throughout the volume. There are notes in ink by Lujo Brentano on the rear flyleaf. This volume was given to Vernon Lee by Lujo Brentano on 30 September 1928.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 30 Sep 1928 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:

Lujo Brentano

Title:

Der wirtschaftende mensch in der geschichte

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Leipzig: Felix Meiner

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16753

Source:

Print

Author:

Lujo Brentano

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Der wirtschaftende mensch in der geschichte

Place of Publication:

Leipzig

Date of Publication:

1923

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lujo Brentano, Der wirtschaftende mensch in der geschichte, (Leipzig, 1923), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16753, 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