We are reflecting on the accomplishments of several Boston-area women in literature. Meredith Goldstein takes us to Edith Wharton's estate, where part of "Things that Grow" takes place We are ...

LENOX, Mass. — The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home has announced its 2025 summer season, “Where Stories Come Alive.” No one knew better than Edith Wharton the power of storytelling to enrich and shape our ...

LENOX — The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, has announced it is assuming stewardship of an annual outdoor sculpture program that has been produced in the Berkshires for the past 25 years. The annual ...

Introduction -- French periodicals and fine points of punctuation and perennials -- The Whartons before Edith -- The Whartons and Edith Newbold Jones -- Angel at the grave and innovator in the garden: ...

LENOX At the Mount, to the right of the house, a hidden, walled garden is a lush pocket of climbing vines and rows of hosta. To the left of the house, the French-style flower garden is a verdant oasis ...

When Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Age of Innocence” in 1921, she was one of the most popular writers in the world. Nearly a century later, she evidently still commands quite an ...