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♥ dosido☮
05/21/09

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Didn't work out so well for Lily Bart now, did it?
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TurtleWexlerKickedMe
05/21/09

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I can't believe I haven't been there yet.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/21/09

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If they can teach me to write like Wharton, I'll take every workshop offered.
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Joy_Rebar
05/21/09

@HeatherNumber1: Amen, sister.
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Liz11685
05/21/09

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The Estate was just featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters. Hopefully that can bring in some interest from people who maybe aren't Wharton fans. It really is a spectacularly beautiful estate.
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keldo
05/21/09

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Yes, it does seem like a money pit but I'm glad it's keeping on. It's a beautiful place.
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burningdinner
05/21/09

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Oh I will fix that debt! I am going to go visit so soon (I AM SO EXCITED) and I will buy every. single. thing. in the gift shop!

I could never quit Edith Wharton.
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Joy_Rebar
05/21/09

@burningdinner: I was there a few years ago. Her grounds and gardens are so lovely. If philanthropy were an option in my current circumstances, I would give them all my dough.
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andBegorrah
05/21/09

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Perhaps they should look into French Estate Ways and Their Meaning.
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Spaceman Bill Leah
05/21/09

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All of Western Mass's tourism interests should just get together and get up the funds for a big sign, visible from space, that says, "Please come spend you money here. We don't have funny accents."
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andBegorrah
05/21/09

@Spaceman Bill Leah: Except for the Emily Dickenson House - they're hiding quietly, hoping you'll leave them alone.
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Liz11685
05/21/09

@Spaceman Bill Leah: Well, they shouldn't lie to people. Western Mass totally has funny accents! :) (I'm from Boston...)
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brendastarlet is on it
05/21/09

@Spaceman Bill Leah: my dad was from western Mass and my girlfriends growing up thought he was English. It is not a Boston accent but it is an accent.
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Spaceman Bill Leah
05/21/09

@brendastarlet is on it: English? That's one I have never heard before.
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bluebears
05/21/09

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Why does the site even have a multi-million dollar debt?
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Mary McCarthyite
05/21/09

@bluebears: I think they established the Wharton home and gardens hoping tourists and Wharton fans to flock there, but it just ended up being a money pit.
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Mary McCarthyite
05/21/09

@bluebears: There was a very informative piece in the New Yorker about it last year. I'll try to find it...
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brendastarlet is on it
05/21/09

@bluebears: The Mount is a beautiful house, but it fell into disrepair. It had been used as a girls' school, and it needed a ton of restoration. Only a few rooms were open and the decor was very sparse, although it has a nice gift shop and garden. They had to charge pretty high prices to see it, and the Berkshires are loaded with less pricey things to do.
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bluebears
05/21/09

@Mary McCarthyite: @brendastarlet is on it: thats intersting I'd like to visit.
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A Small Turnip
05/21/09

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I would like to take this opportunity to declare that when my superhero powers finally come in and I can take on a new and nifty moniker, I have decided that you may all call me The Countess Olenska.

I will specialise in magical eyelash fluttering and scandalising the Matriarchs That Be, everywhere.

Thank you.
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bananaprincess
02/24/09

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I once said to my mum " who is the only fictonal...etc and she immediately said that- Mothers always know best eh
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WorldsMeanestMom
02/24/09

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Hercule Poirot is the only fictional character to be given an obituary in the New York Times.
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ItchykooParker
02/25/09

@WorldsMeanestMom: I didn't know that - what a cool bit of trivia! Hercule was a very interesting character, initially a bit off-putting, but curiously, the more you know him, the fonder of him you become. I have a tender place in my heart for M. Poirot.
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Ailanthus-altissima
02/24/09

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I just finished reading The Secret Adversary (I needed a break from reading science). Agatha Christie books were a staple of my middle school reading. I loved the stories and the twists, and I challenged myself to figure out who the killer was before Poirot or Miss Marple (I was only successful once or twice). I did a report on her in 6th grade, and the number of books she wrote is staggering.

Oh, and I always wanted to hang out with Miss Marple and Poirot, but never together.
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MerryLilly
02/24/09

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Some of her books were required reading in high school, I loved them so much, I read more on my own aftwerwards. Wow, it's been a while since the last time. This article is a good reminder to re-read some of them!
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bananaprincess
02/24/09

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All Agatha fans have been friended. You are my crew!
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