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Record Number: 16968


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Brief summary of notes on inside front cover, and marginalia in pencil in English throughout the volume.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1904 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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Title:

Human Work

Genre:

Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

16968

Source:

Print

Author:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Human Work

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1904

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Human Work (New York, 1904), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16968, accessed: 30 April 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

   
   
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