Edith Wharton at Home: Life at the Mount Plant & Animal Art and fables

and fables

this revised and updated edition brings Leibovitz’s bestselling book up to date

Mies van der Rohe

in der die Stadt im Laufe der Jahreszeiten zu sehen ist – von geschäftigen Einkaufsstraßen bis hin zu prachtvollen Gärten voll blühender Kirschbäume

Edith Wharton at Home: Life at the Mount Plant & Animal Art and fablesThe Mount, Edith Whartons country place in the Berkshires, is truly an autobiographical house. There Wharton wrote some of her best known and successful novels, including Ethan Frome and House of Mirth The house itself, completed in 1902, embodies principles set forth in Wharton's famous book The Decoration of Houses, and the surrounding landscape displays her deep knowledge of Italian gardens. Wandering the grounds of this historic home, one can see