From the New York Times:
Inspiration Lives on Where Writers Dwelled
Photograph courtesy of the Edith Wharton Library
The library of Edith Wharton’s mansion in Lenox, Mass. Wharton was an expert on home décor.
By PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN
Published: February 22, 2008
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Stowe wasn’t the only novelist with a sideline in shelter books: Edith Wharton, mistress of the fabulous mansion the Mount in Lenox, Mass., was an author of “The Decoration of Houses” as well as the author of “The House of Mirth.” Writers are often house-obsessed, maybe because bookish children who spend lots of time at home alone are most apt to become writers, which naturally keeps them home alone tweaking not only their sentences but also their paint colors. And because novel writing demands a sensitivity to setting and atmosphere, the person who spins out great characters and plots is also often capable of creating great rooms.
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