Edith Wharton

Did Tatiana Boncompagni’s Fancy Friends Bother to Read Her New Book Before Throwing Her a Party?...

observer.com     03-Sep-2008   3 related          

“It’s not like I was raised to the manner born,” said the socialite and author Tatiana Boncompagni on a recent afternoon as she lunched at Bottega del Vino in midtown. On Sept. 9, Ms. Boncompagni will publish her first...                    

Secret Garden Tour invites you through private gates in Newport

projo.com     01-Sep-2008          

NEWPORT Wildacre is neither. The seventh annual fall version of Newport’s Secret Garden Tour is next weekend, featuring a dozen gardens, most of which are in the exclusive Bellevue Avenue neighborhood. The focal point...                    

Character Study

washingtonpost.com     30-Aug-2008          

The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in the Berkshires, presents a face to the world rather like the old saying about mullet haircuts: business in front, party in the back. The main entrance is uninviting, set into the dull...                    

Decorating the house of mirth

ft.com     30-Aug-2008          

Volumes have been written on Edith Wharton, the US novelist and short story writer, but few books explore her non-literary interests. Critic and scholar Hermione Lee, a professor of English at the University of Oxford,...                    

Met Museum Sheds Secrets

nypost.com     28-Aug-2008   1 related          

MICHAEL Gross says his latest book, "Rogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money That Made the Metropolitan Museum," was partly inspired by the museum's p.r. man, Harold Holzer, who told him the Met's...                    

Europe On The Cheap? Voila: A Grand Literary Tour

npr.org     20-Aug-2008          

Audio for this story will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET Marc Acito is the author of Attack of the Theater People. All Things Considered, August 20, 2008 · "Three Books ..." is a series in which we invite writers to...                    

Wilson’s Right-Hand Man

newhavenindependent.org     19-Aug-2008          

Americans typically know much about their current president but little about his closest advisors and mentors. Edward M. House (1858-1938), who largely sidestepped the limelight in the years he served as President Woodrow...                    

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Movie Review)

edgeboston.com     18-Aug-2008   6 related          

by Robert Nesti EDGE National Arts & Entertainment Editor Woody Allen remains the most chameleonic of American directors. Yet with Vicky Cristina Barcelona, his sunny comedy/drama set in that Spanish city, he’s back on track...                    

Berkshires Bohemians

post-gazette.com     17-Aug-2008          

Champions of modern art painted nonconformity into every corner of their Lenox home By Mackenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio photos Suzy Frelinghuysen and her husband George L.K....                    

There's More To Vicky Cristina Barcelona Than Just A Threesome [Critical Mass]

gawker.com     15-Aug-2008   78 related          

Woody Allen's latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, might not be the return to the earlier, more beloved Allen comedies that critics continue to drool over, but it sounds like it's still worth the price of admission. The film...                    

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