Edith Wharton's library, which remains intact, includes signed copies of novels such as the The Golden Bowl, by close friend and fellow novelist Henry James.
"The library has rarely been on public view since the writer's death in France in 1937, and its return to the Mount will provide scholars and Wharton aficionados with an opportunity to view the volumes that not only shaped Wharton's development but also reflected the broad sweep of her interests, from classical French theater and German drama to the novels of her peers and the delights of the then new-fangled automobile."
(The NYTimes via James Tata)
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