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Edith Wharton at Home : Life at The Mount / Richard Guy Wilson ; Foreword by Pauline C. Metcalf ; Photographs by John Arthur.
Fine Arts Library PS3545.H16 Z935 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Richard Guy, 1940-
- Metcalf, Pauline C., author of introduction.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Lenox.
- Wharton, Edith.
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
- Massachusetts--Lenox.
- Mount, The (Lenox, Mass.).
- Lenox (Mass.)--Biography.
- Lenox (Mass.).
- Hoppin, F. L. V.
- Literary landmarks--Massachusetts--Lenox.
- Literary landmarks.
- Buildings--Massachusetts--Lenox.
- Buildings.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 187 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : The Monacelli Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Pauline C. Metcalf
- Finding her way
- Designing and building The Mount
- Life at The Mount
- Afterward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: The architects were "Francis (Frank) L.V. Hoppin, and his partner Terence Koen"--p. 50.
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781580933285
- 1580933289
- OCLC:
- 769424486
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