Record Number: 16953

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Marginalia in pencil in English on the following pages: 59, 208, 211, 256.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1901 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:

Charles Darwin

Title:

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: John Murray, 1901; new edition

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16953

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Darwin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1901

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, (London, 1901), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16953, accessed: 19 February 2025

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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