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Sophisticated Ladies; Brooke Astor adored Edith Wharton. No wonder Astor's life feels like it was lifted from her idol's novels.

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From: Newsweek
Date: 20070507
Author:McGuigan, Cathleen

Byline: Cathleen McGuigan

Edith Wharton and Brooke Astor grew up more than a generation apart, and although they never met, their lives seem to touch. Both were grandes dames who hobnobbed with presidents (Wharton with Teddy Roosevelt, Astor with Ronald Reagan). Both were proper, well dressed and cared deeply about home decor--Astor once worked for House & Garden, while Wharton wrote a book called "The Decoration of Houses." Both cherished small dogs and large gardens. (Wharton's list of her "Ruling Passions" went like this: ...

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