The Mount

I've been a fan of Edith Wharton's fiction for nearly fifty years. Last week I finally had the opportunity to visit The Mount, the Berkshire estate she designed and built in 1902. The weather was hot and humid, but the gracious peace of the grounds and the cleanly elegant lines of the house, inside and out, made me forget the heat.

The library's bookshelves are set into the walls and house Wharton's original collection of books.