Record Number: 16744

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Heavily annotated, mainly in pencil in French (though some summary notes in English), throughout. Note on inside cover tells us that this book was re-read in February 1923.

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1898 and 28 Feb 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:

Essai sur les donn?es imm?diates de la conscience

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Felix Alcan, 1898; 2nd edition

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16744

Source:

Print

Author:

Henri Bergson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Essai sur les donn?es imm?diates de la conscience

Place of Publication:

Paris

Date of Publication:

1898

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henri Bergson, Essai sur les donn?es imm?diates de la conscience (Paris, 1898), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16744, accessed: 26 April 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