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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 6

For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/bjYuA02O-MU . Working areas of the house Fascinating stats. Edith…

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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 5

For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/c9J3HQZh6U4 . Bedroom floor In Book 1 of Virgil's Aeneid,…

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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 4

For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/gyPVUmG8bEo . Wharton and Codman's The Decoration of Houses notes:…

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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 3

For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/LubSvEROliY. Ground floor & stairs This is the side of…

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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 2

For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/3pYpKcmp5o4. Informal gardens We go through the lime allée  and…

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Edith Wharton’s The Mount, part 1

Background: The Mount The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, was completed in 1902. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V0a3Xc_6BXc. In 1897, at age 30 - long before she…

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