Record Number: 16972
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
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:Living Organisms: An Account of their Origin & Evolution
Genre:Science, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsOxford: Clarendon, 1924
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16972
Source:Edwin S. Goodrich
Editor:n/a
Title:Living Organisms: An Account of their Origin & Evolution
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1924
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Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
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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: 18 July 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