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187 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm, "At once a leader and a recorder of the glamorous Gilded Age society, Edith Wharton is at the pinnacle of American literature and social history. The Mount, her summer "cottage" in the Berkshires, was essential to her success, filled with gatherings of literary figures and artists, and this book documents the story of her life there"-- Provided by publisher.
Homes and haunts
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Residential.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary.
DESIGN Interior Decorating.
Wilson, Richard Guy, 1940-
Foreword / Pauline C. Metcalf -- Finding her way -- Designing and building The Mount -- Life at The Mount -- Afterward.
187 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
"At once a leader and a recorder of the glamorous Gilded Age society, Edith Wharton is at the pinnacle of American literature and social history. The Mount, her summer "cottage" in the Berkshires, was essential to her success, filled with gatherings of literary figures and artists, and this book documents the story of her life there"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781580933285 (hardback)
1580933289 (hardback)
Stacks PS3545.H16 Z935 2012
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Mount, The (Lenox, Mass.)
Biography.
Lenox (Mass.)
First edition.
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