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Welcome to Edith Wharton's Library! This site displays searchable image files for the books contained in Wharton's library at The Mount, her historic estate in Lenox, MA.

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2005_047_1448 copy.pdf
This is a part of the Gallia Collection, and includes Edith Whaton's bookplate. Includes a portrait of the author. This book, a play about two unfulfilled people who search for a buried treasure, is a Romantic tragedy, and was published posthumously.…

2005_047_1377_008 copy.pdf
Includes three of Tchekhov's plays: l'Oncle Vania, about the visit to an elderly, wealthy man's estate; Une Demande en Miriage, about a marriage proposal during an ongoing squabble; and La Cerisaie, about a family's struggle to get out of debt and…

2005_047_1377_005 copy.pdf
This short story is about a how a couple's relationship changes over the course of three years, influenced by three tragedies. Includes a portrait of the author. Translated from Russian to French by Denis Roche. Quarter mauve cloth with morocco…

2005_047_1281 copy.pdf
Edited by William J. Rolfe. Contains engravings. Includes two of EW's bookplates. Signed and dated, 'Edith Jones Oct. 1878'. Passages marked on pages 69 and 96. 

2005_047_1017.pdf
Bound in quarter red morocco leather with gilt decorations on the spine, marbled boards, and marbled endpapers.

A few penciled markings have been added to the text.
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