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Edith Wharton’s estate in Lenox, Massachusetts includes her turn-of-the-century summer house, known at The Mount1185797-759231-thumbnail.jpg
view from rear patio, and three-acres of formal gardens all originally envisioned by the author. Known most for writing House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and Age of Innocence (among other novels), Wharton was also at the forefront of interior and landscape design discourse. She published The Decoration of Houses with friend and architect Ogden Codman, Jr. in 1897 prior to creating The Mount with Codman’s help.


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