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From: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
Date: 20020915
Author:Sharon K. Woulfe

If you go

Edith Wharton home

2 Plunkett St. Box 974, Lenox, Mass.

Phone: (413) 637-1899 or (888) 637-1902

fax: (414) 637-0619

e-mail: [email protected]

Web site:www.edithwharton.org

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily June 5 to Nov. 3. Gardens, grounds open until 6 p.m.

Cost: $16 for adults; $8 for students; children under 12 free if accompanied by an adult.

LENOX, Mass. - There are simply no words in the English language - or any other - that could really paint a word picture of a mansion called The Mount. It has to be seen to be believed.

It was the beloved home of a woman whose name was ...

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