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THROUGH 1911. WE WILL LEARN ABOUT NEW YORK AND THE LATE 1800'S AND THE CULTURE AND SOCIETY THAT EDITH WHARTON LIVED AND WROTE ABOUT IN HER NOVELS. ...
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IS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND HISTORIAN. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE EDITH WHARTON TODAY? >> SHE WAS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN WRITERS. SHE...
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FULL MEMBERSHIP IN THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. YOU DESCRIBE THIS AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WHY? >> IT TELLS US SO MUCH ABOUT EDITH WHARTON, THE PERSON....
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A WRITER'S RETREAT HERE WHERE SHE COULD LIVE AND WRITE. >> SHE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE'RE SHOWING IT OFF WITH THE WEATHER. >> I HOPE SO. >>...
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AMERICA'S PREMIER CULTURAL RESORT, THERE ARE MANY MUSEUMS
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AND HISTORIC HOUSES HERE, THAT
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IN EDITH WHARTON'S TIME, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FAVORITE
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WATERING SPOTS OF THE DAY. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE INLAND NEWPORT OF THE GILDED AGE. >> HOW MANY BOOKS DID SHE WRITE? >> SHE PUBLISHED APPROXIMATELY A BOOK...
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IN 1905 AND
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BECAME THE BEST SELLING BOOK IN AMERICA AT THAT POINT. >> IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO IT WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE. >> IS CERTAINLY WAS. >> ALL TOGETHER...
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SHE WAS 35 YEARS OLD. >> I KNOW WE WILL GET A
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CHANCE TO VISIT WITH YOU A COUPLE
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OF MORE TIMES IN THE PROGRAM. I'LL TAKE MY LEAVE
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RIGHT NOW AND GO UP THE STEPS HERE. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. >> WE WITH US HISTORIAN WARREN GOLDSTEIN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD. TELL US ABOUT...
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AND 1880'S, WHAT WAS GOING ON? >> AMERICA WAS A ROUGH AND TUMBLE PLACE CALLED THE GILDED AGE BY MARK TWAIN, IT WAS
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CHARACTERIZED BY THE GREATEST
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THAT THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN. IT WAS AN AMERICA THAT GREW RAPIDLY THROUGH IMMIGRATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OFF THE FARMS INTO...
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| 00:03:46 |
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IMMIGRANTS CAME FROM EUROPE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE WERE THE GROWTH OF THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS, THE LARGEST ECONOMIC ENTITIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE...
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| 00:04:37 |
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MANY THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY. WAS IT A PERIOD WHEN PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS? >> YES. THE PACE OF CHANGE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY...
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A POPULATION OF 75 MILLION. CHICAGO HAD BEEN A COW TOWN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. IT WAS A CITY OF OVER ONE MILLION IN 1900. CHICAGO ALONE HAD A POPULATION...
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MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HER LIFE AND CAREER. WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF TIME WITH SOME VERY INTERESTING UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS. >> OH, NO, NOT AT ALL. THESE ARE...
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HISTORY. WHOLE STATE LEGISLATURES WERE FOR SALE. PEOPLE LIKE THOMAS EDISON
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ALSO OFFERED $1,000 FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE NEW
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JERSEY LEGISLATOR WHO WOULD PASS THE RIGHT BILL FOR THEM. GULED BOUGHT THE U.S. LEGISLATOR FOR SOMETHING LIKE $1 MILLION. THEY WOULD APPROVE THE...
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CALLED THE SOCIETY OF BIRTH, WHICH MEANS THE EXTENDED FAMILIES OF ANGELOU-DUTCH MERCHANTS WHO HAD -- ANGLO-DUTCH MERCHANTS WHO HAD COME
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| 00:08:16 |
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HERE. SHE HAD A PROTECTED CHILDHOOD. SHE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY, AND IN 1866, AFTER THE SORT OF COLLAPSE OF RENTS IN NEW YORK CITY, CAUSED IN PART...
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SELF-TAUGHT THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. >>
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THE BOOK WE ARE FOCUSING ON FOR EDITH WHARTON, AND THE ONE THAT WON HER THE PULITZER PRIZE, IT IS "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE." WE WILL DIG INTO THESE CHARACTERS,...
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| 00:09:36 |
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HER BIOGRAPHY, WE COULD SEE MORE OF HER. LET'S GET SOME CALLERS INTO THIS PROCESS. ROW SHELL, ILLINOIS -- ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, WELCOME. CALLER: I HAD...
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THIS MORNING, IT IS SET IN THE BERKSHIRES, SHE WROTE THE FIRST VERSION OF "ETHAN FROME" IN FRENCH IN FRANCE FOR HER TUTOR, IN FRANCE SHE WAS PRACTICING...
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| 00:12:28 |
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OF US WHO LIKE EDITH WHARTON TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IF YOU WILL BE PATIENT FOR US, I WILL HAVE THE FOLKS...
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WHARTON AND HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HENRY JAMES. APPARENTLY SHE WAS A GREAT ADMIRER OF HIS, AND SO AM I. I ALSO READ EDITH WHARTON IN THE EIGHTH GRADE,...
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| 00:13:30 |
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THEY BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS REALLY AT THE POINT IN WHICH SHE MOVED
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INTO THE MOUNT, HE WAS OFTEN A GUEST HERE, THE HENRY JAMES ROOM IS JUST ABOVE ME, THE GUEST ROOM HE STAYED IN. AND HE BECAME, ALONG WITH EDITH, AND...
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| 00:15:02 |
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A NOVELEST OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. SO YOU SEE CERTAIN THEMES OUT OF THE 1920'S, FOR INSTANCE, IN "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE," AND THAT INFORMS
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| 00:15:12 |
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WHAT SHE IS WRITING ABOUT IN THE 1870'S AND 1880'S. WHAT IS WONDERFUL ABOUT "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" AND "THE HOUSE OF MIRTH" IS THAT I THINK SHE GIVES...
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THINK SHARI CAN TALK MORE ABOUT. THE PEOPLE SHE DESCRIBES IN HER NOVELS ARE FAR FROM INNOCENT. THEY ARE
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FOLKS WHO SAY WICKED THINGS
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ABOUT EACH OTHER, THEY UNDERCUT EACH OTHER, EVEN IN
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MARRIAGES, AND SHE HAS A PRECISE ANATOMY OF THAT. SHE UNDERSTANDS IN "THE HOUSE OF MIRTH" HOW WOMEN WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF...
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AND OFTEN WHARTON AND GLASCO AND CAVCO WERE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. NOW DAYS IT SEEMS LIKE GLASCO HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT AND I WONDERED IF IT...
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| 00:18:35 |
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AT THE SAME TIME. EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT THEIR CAREERS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND -- AND IT MAY BE THAT THEIR ARC MAY COME AGAIN. PART OF -- PART...
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I WONDERED WHAT DECISION FACTORS WENT INTO HER LEAVING IN 1911? >> MOST OF THESE REASONS WERE PERSONAL. HER HUSBAND, FOR A GOOD PART OF THEIR MARRIAGE,...
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| 00:20:28 |
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FELT THE NEED TO LEAVE THE MOUNT, AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR HER, AS WAS HER DECISION TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND. BUT, AS I SAID, EARLIER SHE...
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| 00:21:25 |
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SOCIETY IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 1900'S, YOU TALKED ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC STRESS, THEY COULDN'T VOTE. TALK ABOUT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS...
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NOVEL DURING THAT TIME, SHOWS HOW MUCH MONEY AND ACCESS TO MONEY AND HOW YOU HAVE ACCESS TO MONEY DETERMINES A WOMAN'S ROLE AND HOW SHE IS DEPENDENT...
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| 00:23:26 |
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HER IN -- PUBLISHING IN HER TEENAGED
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YEARS, BUT HER PARENTS DIDN'T ALLOW HER TO PUBLISH UNDER HER NAME. SHE PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY,
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OR IN ONE CASE SHE USED THE INITIALS OF HER PASTOR, IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A YOUNG WOMAN OF HER SOCIAL CLASS TO
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| 00:23:44 |
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APPEAR IN PRINT. WOMEN OF HER SOCIAL CLASS APPEARED IN PRINT THREE TIMES, THEIR BIRTH, THEIR MARRIAGE, THEIR DEATH. SHE BROKE THE RULES, AND IN SOME...
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| 00:24:58 |
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A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT SHE IS PRIMARILY INFLUENCED
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BY
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EUROPEAN WRITERS, ESPECIALLY FRENCH WRITERS. BOLZOCK INPARTICULAR, SHE WAS A PERSON, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHO EDUCATEDER SELF THROUGH READING, SHE...
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| 00:25:18 |
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EDUCATED HERSELF THROUGH READING, SHE EDUCATED HERSELF THROUGH HER FATHER'S LIBRARY. SHE WAS INFLUENCED BY LITERARY WORKS GOING WAY BACK, ESPECIALLY...
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| 00:26:17 |
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17-YEAR-OLD BROTHER WHO WAS ABOUT TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE. SHE MET HER HUSBAND BECAUSE HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO HER NEXT
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| 00:26:28 |
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OLDER BROTHER. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE HAD KNOWN HIM SINCE CHILDHOOD. THEY WERE MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY, AND THEY MOVED IMMEDIATELY TO NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND,...
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| 00:27:57 |
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KNICKERBOCKERS. THE FIRST CLUB WAS THE NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS
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AND IT'S A WAY TO GO BACK. >> THE SAME SOCIETY FROM WHICH THEODORE ROOSEVELT EMERGED AND
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A CON TEMPORARY
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OF HERS. >> AND APPARENTLY A VERY GOOD FRIEND. >> A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF HERS. WELL, THEY GREW UP VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THE FAMILIES WERE VERY CLOSE....
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AS CHILDREN, AND BECAUSE THEY'D HAD DIFFICULT CHILDHOODS WITH
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ILLNESS, THEY SPENT A LOT OF
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TIME READING. >> AND BOTH DEFIED CONVENTION IT SEEMS FROM OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES, HE WAS PURSUING A CAREER WHEN HE COULD HAVE BEEN AS HER...
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| 00:28:55 |
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EXPLORED AS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, LIFE EXPERIENCE FROM GROWING UP IN NEW YORK, THE SAME KIND OF NEW YORK THAT EDITH WHARTON GREW UP IN. NEXT...
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| 00:29:53 |
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SO SHE EDITED THE BOOK, PULLED EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE BOOK, BUT THE ARTWORK, ITSELF, WAS SOLD AT AN AUCTION IN NEW YORK CITY AND I FORGET EXACTLY...
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| 00:30:38 |
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THE REALITY WHICH THERE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE PEOPLE THAT EDITH WHARTON LIVED WITH AND GREW UP WITH IN THE FACE OFTEN OF EXTRAORDINARY DEPRESSIONS...
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| 00:30:47 |
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OF GUILT AND CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION AND DISPLAY OF WEALTH THAT HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE IN AMERICA. THERE WERE PARTIES IN NEW YORK AT THE FANSIEST...
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| 00:32:13 |
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ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME OF CHANGE FOR WOMEN AND THEIR
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RIGHTS. >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. EDITH WHARTON CERTAINLY NEVER DESCRIBED HERSELF AS A FEMINIST, ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD DESCRIBE...
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HER FICTION, A SUBJECT THAT I THINK IS PROBABLY OPEN TO MUCH MORE RESEARCH. OFTEN, WHAT YOU SEE, IS SOMEONE LIKE LILLY BART, FOR INSTANCE, AS WE MENTIONED...
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YORK SOCIETY BUT MARRIED, UNFORTUNATELY, A RAKISH COUNT, WHO HAS DONE CERTAIN THINGS TO HER. IT IS NEVER REALLY
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| 00:34:12 |
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EXACTLY MENTIONED WHAT IT IS. THE OTHER MAJOR FIGURE OR THE ONE PLAYED OFF AGAINST ELLEN OLENSKA IS MAY WELL ANDREI, THE WOMAN THAT NEWLAND ARCHER...
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| 00:36:29 |
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SO, AGAIN, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENS AND SHE WAS A GONER IF HE WAS A GONER. >> IN THE END, WHAT...
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BEAUFORTS' DAUGHTER WHO ENDS UP MARRYING THE SON. HE IS MADE TO
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REJECT THE UNUSUAL, SLIGHTLY DISCREDITED
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ELLEN OLENSKA. HE MARRIES THE WOMAN AT THE PINNACLE OF SOCIETY AND HIS OWN SON ENDS UP MARRYING THE DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED FAMILY. >> NOT TO BE TOO...
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| 00:37:58 |
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AND THE NEW INDUSTRIALISTS SURVIVE OR COME BACK, THEN SOCIETY'S RIGID HIERARCHY
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| 00:38:05 |
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AND RIGID MORAL POINT OF VIEW WAS GONE AND THE MONEY WAS REALLY THE ONLY -- MONEY AND CULTURE WERE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN -- OR ACQUIRED CULTURE WERE...
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| 00:38:41 |
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YOU TO READ BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE BOOKS ON THIS SERIES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE, C-SPAN.ORG, AND THE NICE FOLKS AT BORDERS BOOKS WILL GET THEM TO...
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| 00:39:18 |
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AND DREARINESS AND WHILE I LIKE IT AS A BOOK I THINK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO REALLY FEEL WHEREAS "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" AND MUCH OF...
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HER MALE CHARACTERS? THANK YOU. >> YES, HE DEFINITELY WAS THE BASIS FOR MOST OF HER MALE CHARACTERS. HER MOTHER WAS OVER BEARING. HER MOTHER LOST HER...
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WHAT HAPPENS TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND IF THE FATHER DIES. AND SO HER MOTHER'S PERSONALITY WAS CHARACTERIZED BY THE FEAR OF POVERTY....
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| 00:42:03 |
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IS EASY TO FIND IF YOU FLY INTO HARTFORD, BOSTON OR ALBANY. IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL THREE AIRPORTS. WE'RE RIGHT OFF OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE...
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PEERS. SHE WAS A VERY SHY PERSON, AND COMING OUT OF THAT SHYNESS, AND I THINK WRITING HELPED HER DO THAT, TO COME INTO THE VERY PUBLIC ROLE THAT SHE...
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| 00:44:52 |
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THERE WAS A CRUST ABOUT HER THAT HAD TO DO I THINK IN PART WITH THE SOCIAL LEVEL THAT SHE WAS BORN INTO. IT HAD TO DO WITH HER SHYNESS. I'M NOT AT ALL
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SURE THAT I WOULD LIKE HER. SHE WAS INCREDIBLY SMART AND ARTICULATE AND WIDELY READ AND ONE FELT THE INSECURITY. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT SHE WANTED...
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| 00:45:46 |
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CALLER -- THERE ARE A LOT
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| 00:45:48 |
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OF WEAK MALE CHARACTERS IN WHARTON NOVELS AND I THINK IN A WAY THIS IS WHARTON AS A
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SOCIAL HISTORIAN AS WELL AS WORKING OVER THE MATERIAL IN HER OWN LIFE. THE ONLY STRONG
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MALE CHARACTER IN, FOR INSTANCE, "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" IS THE NEWLY RICH
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BANKER, THE ONE WHO TAKES
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RISKS. HE SIRES WOMEN AROUND, HE HAS A MISTRESS ON THE SIDE. HE IS A FULLY-REALIZED CHARACTER WITH POWER BEHIND HIM, WHO SEDUCES WOMEN AND BUYS THEM...
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| 00:47:36 |
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IRVINGTON, NEW YORK. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING NICKERBOCKER.
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I KNOW WHERE THE TERM CAME FROM. >> GREAT. >> IT WAS A TERM COINED BY WASHINGTON IRVING IN THE BOOK "THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK" WHICH I BELIEVE HE PUBLISHED...
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DUTCH. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LIVING IN IRVINGTON, I'M SURE THAT IS A SPECIAL LOCAL HISTORY NOTE AS WELL. THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING.
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| 00:48:06 |
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CHICAGO IS NEXT. YOU'RE
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| 00:48:07 |
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ON OUR EDITH WHARTON CONVERSATION. WELCOME. CALLER: HELLO. WHILE I'M VERY FOND OF "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" AND "HOUSE OF MIRTH" I REALLY LOVE "ETHAN FROME"...
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AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF SHE WROTE ANY OTHER WORKS IN THAT STYLE. >> WELL, "ETHAN FROME" AND "SUMMER" ARE A MATCHED SET AS IT WERE. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND...
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SHE IS RESPONSIVE TO, BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANOTHER KIND OF MATCHED SET OF TEXTS IN THIS SAME WAY. I SHOULD SAY, I MEAN, "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" I SUPPOSE...
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ACTUALLY MEANS THAT THERE IS AN OVERLAY, THAT IT IS COVERING WHAT IS THE REAL, BECAUSE OF THE GOLD THAT IS PLACED OVER SOMETHING AND IT APPEARS TO BE...
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| 00:51:24 |
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HAVE IT RIGHT ON THE MONEY. >> ALBURQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON EDITH WHARTON. HELLO, CALLER? PLEASE GO AHEAD. CALLER: YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY -- >>...
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| 00:51:46 |
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LINES. INDEED, THE -- I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL ORIGIN OF THE GILDED ERA WAS BASICALLY THE WHOLE NOTION
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| 00:51:57 |
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THAT THERE WAS A GOLD-PLATED FEEL ABOUT THE WHOLE ERA AND THAT WAS THE CENTRAL MEANING. THE WORD GILT IS, THE ASSOCIATION GOES BACK TO GERMAN AND...
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| 00:52:56 |
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CALL AGE AND THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT THAT ANG. >> SPEAKING OF PHRASES CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIETY HERE IS ONE PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE AWAY AS A SMALL FACT, THAT...
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| 00:53:04 |
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WAS EDITH WHARTON'S FAMILY WHO GAVE US THE MUCH USED PHRASE "KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESS." HOW? >> YES. IT WAS A VERY LARGE, EXTENDED FAMILY. AND THEY...
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| 00:53:20 |
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YORK, HUGE MANSIONS, BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, ITSELF, ENORMOUS MANSIONS. ONE OF THEM IS DESCRIBED IN "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE" AND I CAN'T
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| 00:53:31 |
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TELL WHETHER THIS WAS DONE AS A JOKE OR WHAT BUT THERE WERE MANY OF THE JONESES. THEY ALL CAME FROM ENORMOUS MONEY AND LIVED OFF LAND GRANTS BASICALLY...
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EARNED, WHAT OTHER CHILDREN THEY HAD, WHAT MIGHT HAVE SET THE STAGE FOR HER LINE THINKING AND, THEREFORE, GRAFERB TATED INTO HER OWN WRITING? >> WELL,...
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KNOW HER FATHER'S SIDE, MONEY CAME FROM LAND THAT HAD BEEN PURCHASED IN MANHATTAN.
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| 00:54:59 |
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AND, SO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROFESSION. I MEAN, DESPITE THE FACT THAT GEORGE FREDERICK JONES HAD A MASTERS DEGREE FROM WHAT WAS THEN COLUMBIA COLLEGE...
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| 00:55:51 |
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THE INDUSTRIALIZATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. SO HER FAMILY IS ON ONE KIND -- ONE SIDE OF THAT ECONOMIC DIVIDE AND THE NEWER MONEY...
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| 00:56:28 |
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WITH REMINDING US THAT AMERICA AT ITS HEART IS A COMMERCIAL SOCIETY SO NEW YORK'S WEALTH CAME FROM COMMERCIALISM EVEN AT THAT TIME. AND WHAT
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| 00:56:36 |
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WAS THE CONNECTION OR INTEREST IN EUROPE BY THESE PEOPLE?tSE PEOPLE? >> IN EUROPE? >> YES, WE'RE SITTING AT A HOUSE THAT HAS EUROPEAN
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| 00:56:45 |
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DECISION. IS IT SOMETHING THEY ASPIRED TO COPY OR WERE THEY UNIQUELY AMERICAN? >> I THINK THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THAT. I MEAN, DEFINITELY THEY ARE AMERICAN....
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| 00:57:01 |
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PARENTS TRAVELED -- HER PARENTS TRAVELED
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TO EUROPE A LOT. CERTAINLY EVEN BEFORE SHE WAS BORN. THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN EUROPE. I THINK THERE WAS ALSO A KIND OF SIGNATURE ABOUT EUROPE
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| 00:57:11 |
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THAT IT SUGGESTED THE OLD SOCIETY, THE -- THE REAL SOCIETY OF ARISTOCRACY, BUT HER MOTHER WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE NOT AARISTOCRACYY IN THE UNITED STATES....
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| 00:57:55 |
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ALL OF THE AUTHORS IT IS AVAILABLE AT C-SPAN.ORG ON OUR WEB SITE AS A SPECIAL FOR THIS SERIES, AND WE WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S FOR...
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| 00:59:12 |
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IN PARIS BY TAKING HERSELF BACK TO A BERKSHIRE SUMMER. SHE USES AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE AROUND HERE AND INVENTS SOME OF THEM OR BRINGS SOME OF...
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| 00:59:55 |
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MOUNT, AND WE'LL EVEN GET A LITTLE LOOK INSIDE. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MOMENTS. [BIRDS CHIRPING IN BACKGROUND] PROGRAM ON EDITH WHARTON...
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| 01:06:51 |
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DISCUSSING EDITH WHARTON, AND JOINING INSIDE HER MOMENT IN LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH IS CALLED THE MOUNT, IS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE EDITH...
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| 01:07:35 |
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THE HOUSE FROM 1901 TO 1902, SHE MOVED IN IN SEPTEMBER OF 1902, AND LEFT IN BASICALLY SEPTEMBER 1911. SHE WAS HERE FOR NINE SUMMERS AND FALLS, THIS WAS...
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| 01:07:51 |
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HER PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. >> AT THE
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| 01:07:56 |
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HEIGHT HOW MANY ACRES DID IT HAVE? >> 150. >> HOW MANY ACR DO YOU HAVE TODAY? >> 49, WHICH INCLUDES THE GATE HOUSE, THE STABLE, THE GREENHOUSE, THE...
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| 01:08:17 |
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WAS A SOCIAL LIFE. >> SHE DIVIDED HER
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TIME IN THREE PRINCIPAL
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ACTIVITIES, WRITING, GARDENING,
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| 01:08:24 |
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AND ENTERTAINING HER INNER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. SHE WOULD WRITE IN THE MORNING,
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| 01:08:30 |
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ENTERTAIN WITH HER FRIENDS DURING THE AFTERNOON, AND, OF COURSE, SHE WOULD DO HER GARDENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WELL. SHE CREATED THE GARDENS HERE....
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| 01:08:40 |
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YEARS WAS THE HOUSE OWNED BY OTHER PEOPLE AND WHEN DID IT REALLY FALL INTO A STATE OF HIS REPAIR? >> THE HOUSE HAD TWO OTHER PRIVATE OWNERS UNTIL 1935,...
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| 01:09:00 |
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WAS THE FOX HOLLOW SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THE SITUATION WAS THEY EVENTUALLY WENT OUT
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| 01:09:08 |
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OF BUSINESS, THE HOUSE WAS SUFFERING A GREAT DEAL FROM YEARS OF NEGLECT AND SUCH, AND A DEVELOPER OWNED IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND EDITH WHARTON RESTORATION...
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| 01:09:48 |
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ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ROOM AS IT LOOKED IN EDITH WHARTON'S TIME, AND SHE COLLECTED A -- THESE ARE THINGS SHE COLLECTED ON HER TRAVEL TO
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| 01:09:58 |
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EUROPE, ITALIAN TABLES, VASES, BUSTS, STATUES, AND SHE DISPLAYED THEM HERE. IN OUR RESTORATION TO COME, WE PLAN TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF ART SIMILAR...
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| 01:10:38 |
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QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, IT SHE HAVE ANY DIARIES OR PAPERS SHE WROTE EXPLAINING WHERE HER CHARACTERS CAME FROM. FOR INSTANCE, ETHAN IN "ETHAN FROME"...
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| 01:10:55 |
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MARRIED TO PASSIONLESS WOMEN WHO CAN'T ESCAPE THE MARRIAGE, AND I'M WONDERING WHERE THAT KIND OF IDEA CAME FROM THAT THE MEN WERE KIND OF TRAPPEDED IN...
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| 01:12:03 |
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COULDN'T GET TO
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| 01:12:04 |
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THIS TO BEGIN TO DO THE SCORE LARLY WORK FOR 30 YEARS, AND ONCE THIS OPENED UP, IT'S ALL AT YALE UNIVERSITY, ONCE IT OPENED UP, EVERYTHING BEGAN TO...
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| 01:12:41 |
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NUMBER OF THE MALE CHARACTERS, HERE SHE IS A WOMAN EARNING HER OWN WAY, SHE IS A LITERARY LION, SHE IS
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| 01:12:51 |
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MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS MANY MALE AUTHORS, IN A WAY I THINK SHE'S PUTTING HERSELF INTO A -- BECAUSE SHE WAS IN A LOVELESS MARRIAGE, ONE SHE WAS NOT COMMITTED...
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| 01:13:35 |
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THEY WANTED TO MARRY. THAT SAID, THEIR PARENTS FREQUENTLY HAD ENORMOUS INFLUENCE OVER WHETHER THE MATCH WOULD HAPPEN. EDITH'S FIRST FIANCE MOTHER
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| 01:13:48 |
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BROKE UP THE FIRST MARRIAGE. THAT YOUNG PERSON NEEDED THE APPROVAL OF SOCIETY AND THE FAMILY. THEY WERE NOT ARRANGED MARRIAGES WHERE FOLKS DIDN'T KNOW...
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| 01:14:53 |
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LAST DECADE SHE WAS EARNING ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY. SHE WAS BEATING EVERYTHING. >> IN THE DEPRESSION. >> IN THE DEPRESSION SHE WAS GETTING THESE...
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| 01:15:05 |
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WERE THREE MOVIES MADE DURING THAT TIME OF THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, AND IT WAS ALSO ON THE STAGE WHEN SHE WAS -- THIS ISN'T PULP FICTION OR POP FICTION...
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| 01:15:19 |
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DIVORCE,
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| 01:15:21 |
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CHILD ABANDONMENT, ABORTION. I MEAN, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT FILL HER NOVELS IN THOSE YEARS ARE SERIOUS AND MORAL ISSUES. SHE WAS A POPULAR MORALIST,...
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| 01:15:57 |
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TALK ABOUT HER SHORT STORIES. I THINK PEOPLE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEIR LITERATURE, THEY MIGHT GET A NICE JUMP-START BY TURNING TO THE SHORT STORIES....
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| 01:16:28 |
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SHOW THAT SHE WROTE NOT ONLY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE WEALTHY, BUT SHE WROTE ABOUT THE POOR, AND MUCH OF THAT IS DISPLAYED IN HER SHORT STORIES, THE...
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| 01:18:59 |
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AGE OF INNOCENCE," MAY'S INNOCENCE AS SHE IS APPROACHING -- APPROACHING THE WEDDING DAY. IT'S A THEME THAT KEEPS POPPING UP IN THE FICTION. >> ALTHOUGH...
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| 01:19:18 |
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ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WAS THE SEXUAL PARTS OF THE RELATIONSHIP. EMOTIONAL, I'M NOT SURE THEY TOOK IT THAT SERIOUSLY. THERE WAS A LOT OF FORM, AND THESE WERE...
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| 01:19:31 |
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PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THESE FOLKS GREW UP WANTING TO EXPRESS, THEY GREW UP RESERVED. AND WHAT MAY'S INNOCENCE IS...
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| 01:20:15 |
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INTERESTING FEATURE HERE. THIS -- ALTHOUGH WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THIS, THERE IS
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| 01:20:21 |
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A WONDERFUL ANTIDOTE ABOUT EDITH WHARTON AND THE FRENCHMAN. THESE ARE FROM THE WORDS OF A FRIEND, ONE DAY A FRENCHMAN DEMANDED TO SEE THE INTERIOR,...
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| 01:23:47 |
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SHE WROTE THAT SOME A CONCEALED
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| 01:23:49 |
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DOOR IS NECESSARY, THIS DOOR IS AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE THE LIBRARY WAS USUALLY A WOMAN'S -- SORRY, USUALLY A MAN'S ROOM AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY,...
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| 01:24:36 |
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MS. WHARTON'S LAST BOOK AND SHE DIDN'T SURVIVE TO FINISH IT. I'VE OFTEN WONDERED WHERE WHERE MRS. WHARTON STOPS AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE AUDACITY...
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| 01:25:28 |
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A TRIP TO ENGLAND TO MARRY A LORD. IT IS THE EXCHANGE OF ARISTOCRACY FOR MONEY. AND THIS WAS THE LAST WORK THAT SHE WAS WRITING BEFORE SHE DIED. IT HAS...
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| 01:27:00 |
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AT THE SAME TIME AS PEOPLE ARE DOING SO WELL, THOSE WHO ARE, YOU HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE DOING TERRIBLY IN SOCIETY, WORK STRIKES, WORK ACTIONS AND SO ON....
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| 01:28:10 |
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ENDS. EDITH WHARTON WAS LUCKY. SHE ENDED UP ON ONE END OF THAT. AND IN MUCH OF HER FICTION, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THE SHORT STORIES THAT TALK ABOUT...
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| 01:30:20 |
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AFTER THE PULITZERS WERE INAUGURATED AND IT WAS AWARDED TO A WOMAN. WAS THAT A BIG BREAK THROUGH AT THE TIME? >> WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS SO NEW, I SUPPOSE...
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| 01:30:33 |
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AS THE
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| 01:30:34 |
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YEARS WENT ON. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW SHE GOT IT. I WENT THROUGH THE RECORDS THAT EXISTED ON THE VOTING FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE AND WE'RE NOT REALLY...
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| 01:30:47 |
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HOW SHE GOT IT. THIS WAS AN AWARD THAT WAS FOR A WORK THAT UPLIFTED THE MORALS OF SOCIETY AND SHE REALIZED THAT AND WAS HORRIFIED. SHE SAID I'M NOT IN...
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| 01:31:25 |
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IS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ROOM
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| 01:31:26 |
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AS IT LOOKED IN
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| 01:31:27 |
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HER TIME. IN FACT, THE VERY WALL BEHIND ME, THE LIBRARY IS IN MANY WASTE MOST
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| 01:31:32 |
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IMPORTANT ROOM IN THE
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| 01:31:33 |
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HOUSE, BECAUSE IT'S WHERE EDITH WHARTON OF COURSE KEPT HER BOOKS. SHE WROTE THE BOOKS HAVE SOULS LIKE PEOPLE. IT'S VERY CLEAR AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE...
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| 01:31:44 |
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THAT THE SHELVES WERE FULL OF BOOKS AND SHE LOVED -- THESE WERE BOOKS THAT WERE READ AND USED AND LOVED BY THE PERSON WHO OWNED THEM. >> DO YOU KNOW...
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| 01:32:14 |
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BELONGED TO HER FATHER FROM HIS --
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| 01:32:17 |
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HIS GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARY. SHE HAD PRESENTATIONS AND COPIES OF BOOKS FROM FAMOUS AUTHORS INCLUDING HENRY JAMES. >> CAN WE SWING AROUND AND SHOW THE PHOTOGRAPH...
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| 01:32:48 |
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WITH PILLOWS, A LAP BOARD, THE DOG OF THE MOMENT AS ONE OF
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| 01:32:52 |
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HER FRIENDS SAID UNDER HER LEFT ARM. SHE WROTE EVERYTHING OUT LONGHAND AND DROPPED THE PAGES TO THE FLOOR WHERE THEY WERE COLLECTED BY HER MAID....
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| 01:34:08 |
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THE BIOGRAPHY AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HER, WHO WROTE CLEARLY AND IT JUST WENT RIGHT DOWN ON THE PAGE. AND YOU HAVE A SENSE THAT THE WRITING --
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| 01:34:17 |
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SHE REALLY REVISED -- SHE RARELY REVISED. IT IS AMAZING. IT CAME OUT OF THE PEN ONTO THE PAGE AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS. >> I THINK AFTER THE PROGRAM WE...
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| 01:34:47 |
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IN LOVE WITH IT AND I STARTED TO READ EDITH WHARTON ON A REGULAR BASIS KNOWING VERY LITTLE ABOUT HER. THEN I READ SEVERAL BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT HER LIFE,...
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| 01:35:03 |
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LIFE AND HER WORK WHICH WERE SO AMAZING. THEN I CAME TO VISIT THE MOUNT IN 1983 JUST AS A VISITOR AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE AND WANTED TO BECOME...
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| 01:35:43 |
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AND I WAS ACTUALLY THE LAST PERSON TO LIVE IN IT
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| 01:35:46 |
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FULL-TIME YEAR ROUND SO I'M SORT OF THE TAIL END OF THE VERY GLORIOUS THING THAT STARTS WITH EDITH WHARTON. >> IF YOU'LL STAND BY, WE'LL GO BACK TO...
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| 01:36:18 |
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SOUL WHERE THE CREATIVE ACT LIKE THE MYSTIQUES
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| 01:36:23 |
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UNION WITH THE
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| 01:36:25 |
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UNKNOWABLE REALLY SEEMS TO TAKE PLACE. I WONDERED IF YOU HAD EVER READ THAT. >> YES, AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COMMENTARY ON A SIDE OF EDITH WHARTON THAT...
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| 01:36:52 |
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CREATIVITY, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HER WRITING OR EVEN HER FABULOUS ABILITIES IN THE GARDEN, IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GIFT THAT COMES ...
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| 01:38:10 |
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LIFE. THIS INCLUDES MUCH ABOUT WHARTON'S TIMES,
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| 01:38:14 |
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ALSO.
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| 01:38:15 |
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WHAT NEW OR DIFFERENT INSIGHTS ABOUT WHARTON DOES BENSTOCK'S BOOK OFFER AND WHY SHOULD I BUY IT? >> WELL, THANK YOU. A GREAT QUESTION AND IT GIVES ME...
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| 01:38:45 |
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THE MOVIE OF "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE." I MAY HAVE STARTED MY WORK A LITTLE EARLIER THAN ELEANOR DID BUT WE HAD VERY, VERY DIFFERENT GOALS IN OUR BOOKS....
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| 01:38:56 |
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TO REALLY TREAT EDITH WHARTON AS A
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| 01:38:59 |
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| 01:39:00 |
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WRITER AND NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE UPPER CLASS, WHICH IS OFTEN THE WAY THAT SHE HAD BEEN TREATED, AS SOMEBODY WHO IS AN UPPER CLASS...
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| 01:40:05 |
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A QUOTATION FROM
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| 01:40:07 |
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A POEM
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| 01:40:09 |
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THAT SHE LOVED VERY MUCH
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| 01:40:12 |
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BUT QUITE APART FROM
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| 01:40:14 |
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THE POEM, MY SENSE OF
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| 01:40:17 |
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EDITH WHARTON IS THAT WHATEVER GIFTS THAT SHE WAS GIVEN
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| 01:40:22 |
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IN HER LIFE, AND THERE WERE MANY, THE KEY THING ABOUT HER IS
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| 01:40:27 |
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THAT SHE WORKED FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT SHE GOT. SHE WAS A WRITER WHO, I WOULDN'T SAY STRUGGLED WITH THIS AT ALL, BUT SOMEONE WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY...
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| 01:41:13 |
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THEY'RE AT THE LIBRARY AT YALE
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| 01:41:17 |
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UNIVERSITY. REMEMBER, WHARTON WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A HONORARY DOCTORATE OF LETTERS FROM YALE IN 1923 AND IN GRATITUDE SHE LEFT HER MANUSCRIPTS,...
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| 01:41:32 |
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OF THESE ITEMS. THERE ARE MANY
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| 01:41:34 |
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OTHER COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT YALE IS THE PLACE THAT PROBABLY ANYONE WITH A DESIRE TO DO RESEARCH ON EDITH WHARTON WOULD START. >>...
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| 01:42:06 |
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CONTRASTING OR COMPARING TO THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL, YOU MADE SOME COMPARISONS, BOTH OF YOU HAVE, REALLY, ABOUT THE TURN OF THE LAST CENTURY AND THE SIMILARITIES...
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| 01:42:22 |
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WAS THE WORSHIP OF WEALTH AND I THINK WE SEE THAT AT THE
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| 01:42:25 |
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END OF THE
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| 01:42:26 |
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20TH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST. THE BUSINESS PAGES OF ANY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE ARE FILLED WITH WORESHIPFUL PIECES ABOUT THE WEALTHIEST MEN...
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| 01:42:38 |
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BIG CHANGE -- >> WAS CELEBRITY IMPORTANT AT THE TIME AS WELL? >> IT WAS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT. THAT IS THE GIFT OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO WORLD CULTURE...
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| 01:43:00 |
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CREATED BILLIONAIRE FORTUNES THAT HADN'T EXISTED BEFORE,
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| 01:43:03 |
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THAT CREATED A KIND OF POPULAR WORSHIP OF WEALTH WHICH ALSO GOVERNED SOME OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. >> AND AS LARGE AS THIS HOUSE IS, DOES IT STRIKE...
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| 01:43:30 |
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KEEP JOURNALS ON HER TRAVELS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LATER BECAME SOME OF THE IDEAS FOR HER
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| 01:43:37 |
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STORIES? >> THANK YOU. LET'S TURN TO SCOTT MARSHALL FOR THAT. >> YES, SHE DID, ACTUALLY. SHE WROTE THREE
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| 01:43:42 |
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BOOKS THAT WERE PUBLISHED IN HER LIFETIME OF TRAVEL WRITING. THE FIRST ONE WAS "ITALIAN BACKGROUNDS" PUBLISHED IN 1905 WHILE SHE LIVED HERE AT THE MOUNT....
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| 01:43:58 |
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FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE" AND IN 1920 SHE
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| 01:44:01 |
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PUBLISHED "IN MOROCCO" WHICH IS A WONDERFUL RECOUNT OF HER VISIT THERE. IN HER VERY EARLY YEARS IN 1888 THREE YEARS AFTER EDITH WHARTON WAS MARRIED...
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| 01:44:51 |
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THEY EMIGRATE FROM? AND HOW MANY SERVANTS DID SHE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS LARGE HOME? THANK YOU. >> WELL, HER LONG -- SHE HAD A LONG LINEAGE IN AMERICA,...
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| 01:45:22 |
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DID IT TAKE TO RUN THE MOUNT? >> WE WISH WE HAD MORE DOCUMENTATION ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT THERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR STAFF....
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| 01:45:40 |
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EACH YEAR THAT SHE CAME BACK TO THE MOUNT, SHE HAD TO HIRE NEW STAFF OR AT
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| 01:45:45 |
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LEAST HER FOOTMAN -- I'M SORRY -- HER HOUSEKEEPER AND BUTLER WOULD HIRE A WHOLE NEW STAFF. THE INDOOR STAFF WOULD INCLUDE LADIES' MAID, A FOOTMAN,...
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| 01:46:29 |
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THE STABLE WAS OBSOLETE. SO WHARTON
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| 01:46:32 |
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REALLY LIVED ON THE CUTTING EDGE, WHEN TECHNOLOGY CHANGED FROM HORSE AND CARRIAGE TO MOTOR CAR, AND BY THE WAY, SHE REALLY USED THE MOTOR CAR TO GO OUT...
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| 01:47:27 |
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I'M REREADING A BOOK ON "EMPIRE" AND ADAMS AND HENRY JAMES ARE GOOD FRIENDS. I'M WONDERING IF HENRY
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| 01:47:36 |
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JAMES WAS SUCH A GOOD FRIEND
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| 01:47:37 |
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OF EDITH WHARTON, WHAT ABOUT HENRY
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| 01:47:40 |
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ADAMS? >> SHE CERTAINLY KNEW HENRY ADAMS. THEY WERE, IN FACT, I THINK NOT VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. CERTAINLY NOT IN THE WAY IN WHICH SHE HAD A FRIENDSHIP...
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| 01:48:02 |
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INSPIRED CONVERSATION ABOUT LITERATURE AND THE ARTS? >> BY THE TIME SHE BUILT THE MOUNT, SHE HAD ORGANIZED A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS, WHO CAME FROM...
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| 01:48:14 |
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STATES, WHO WOULD COME AND VISIT, NOT NECESSARILY -- THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY FAMOUS PEOPLE, BUT SHE -- SHE ALSO ENTERTAINED AMONG THE
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| 01:48:26 |
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LOCALS. SHE WAS VERY -- SHE WAS A GREAT MAKER OF FRIENDS AS IT WERE, SMALL GROUPS OF FRIENDS. SHE APPRECIATED THEM A LOT. BUT SHE WAS, AND SHE DID...
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| 01:49:15 |
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MOTOR CAR IN 1904, ADAMS WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND WORRYING ABOUT ITS POWER OVER THINGS. SHE WAS JUST THE...
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| 01:49:48 |
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TANGLEWOOD AND FROM THAT, NOT ONLY LOTS OF TRAFFIC HERE IN THE SUMMERTIME BUT MANY OTHER ARTS AND ACTIVITIES SO IT IS REALLY QUITE A VENUE FOR SUMMERTIME...
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| 01:51:07 |
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CENTURY AND NOT OUT OF AN ACCIDENT BUT BECAUSE EMPLOYERS SAW THE POSSIBILITY OF A HUGE NEW STREAM OF UNSKILLED LABOR. SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY DIVIDED...
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| 01:52:26 |
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NOW, THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNTRY WAS, IN FACT, THESE KINDS OF FOLKS WHO WERE THE BULK OF THE MEN IN POLITICAL LIFE. >> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-DRAM...
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| 01:53:08 |
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INVOLVED IN POLITICS. THEY BOUT -- THEY BOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO POLITICS. THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH THE WEALTHY
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| 01:53:16 |
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TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO IN POINT OF FACT, I THINK THAT WHILE THERE IS AN OLD COMMERCIAL LANDED ELITE THAT MAY NOT CONTROL THINGS IN THE SAME WAY IT USED...
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| 01:54:07 |
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HUSBAND. THEY SOLD THE MOUNT. IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THAT THEY'D SELL THE MOUNT. SHE WAS SOMEONE VERY CONCERNED THAT HE NOT BE...
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| 01:54:24 |
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ALL. AND SHE BROUGHT THE MONEY FROM HER FAMILY. BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS WE ASSUME. I MEAN, SHE WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO COULD HAVE LIVED HER ENTIRE LIFE...
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| 01:55:42 |
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SOLD 80,000 COPIES. IT KEPT SELLING AT THAT RATE. IT HAD 140,000 COPIES LONG BEFORE
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| 01:55:49 |
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CHRISTMAS. IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON. SO I DON'T KNOW. IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE READERSHIP BUT SHE CERTAINLY WAS SOMEBODY WHO COULD ATTRACT...
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| 01:56:30 |
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HER ONGOING EDUCATION
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| 01:56:32 |
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AND THE EDUCATION THAT SHE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AT HOME. >> IF YOU WERE TO START OUT READING HER EARLIEST WORKS AND PROGRESS THROUGH HER WRITING, WOULD...
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| 01:56:55 |
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HER CAREER. AS WE MOVE INTO, SAY THE WORLD WAR I PERIOD, ESPECIALLY INTO THE 1920'S, BECAUSE THERE
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| 01:57:05 |
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IS ANOTHER ENORMOUS CHANGE IN -- IN BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE, AND THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THE WAR, AND SHE TOOK ON EVERY CONTROVERSIAL THING SHE COULD THINK...
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| 01:57:58 |
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HOME. THEY TALKED ABOUT A WEB SITE
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| 01:58:00 |
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IN TRYING TO REACQUIRE MANY OF THE PIECES FROM THE ORIGINAL HOME, PARTICULARLY THE LIBRARY I'M INTERESTED IN. THEY SAID THAT IT'S IN THE HANDS OF...
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| 01:58:12 |
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PERSON. WHAT ATTEMPTS ARE BEING MADE TO REACQUIRE THAT? >> WE WILL TALK WITH THE WOMAN THAT IS HEADING THE PROJECT IN A FEW MINUTES AND WE WILL GET...
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| 01:58:37 |
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AS AN ADVANCE FOR "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE," WRITERS DON'T GET THAT KIND OF ADVANCE UNLESS YOU'RE STEPHEN KING. WAS THERE A
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| 01:58:46 |
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BIGGER MARKET FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS THEN? BECAUSE THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEN. >> SHE WAS WRITING IN A PERIOD IN WHICH PEOPLE WERE...
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| 01:59:13 |
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IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT. >> IT'S PROBABLY $250,000. >> SHE'S GETS THE SERIAL ADVANCE AND THE BOOK RIGHTS, WHICH WILL BE HIGHER, THEN THERE WERE MOVIES...
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| 01:59:37 |
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THAN ONE PROJECT AT A TIME IN THE
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| 01:59:40 |
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1920'S AND 1930'S. SO SHE'LL GET ANOTHER ADVANCE AND SHE'LL SAY, OK, SEVERAL MORE ACRES OF GARDENS OR, YOU KNOW, A NEW MOTOR CAR. >> WAS SHE A GOOD...
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| 02:00:10 |
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SHE NEVER HAD AN AGENT.
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| 02:00:12 |
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HERE WE PAY FOR A LITERARY AGENT. SHE HAD AN EDITOR AT APPLETON CENTURY, WHICH IS WHERE SHE WENT BASICALLY DURING THE 1900 AND INTO THE 1920'S, AND...
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| 02:01:13 |
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KNICKERBOCKER WAS A REAL PERSON, ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF
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| 02:01:22 |
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NEW AMSTERDAM, NOW CALLED NEW YORK. HE WENT TO NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1674 AND A DESCENDANT, BORN 1749 WAS THE FRIEND OF WASHINGTON IRVING, WHO USED THAT...
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| 02:02:14 |
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KNICKERBOCKER QUESTION ONCE AND FOR ALL. >> HARPER'S SPRING IS ON THE AIR. CALLER: OUR BOOK CLUB READ "A MOTHER'S RECK COME PENS" AND -- "A MOTHER'S...
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| 02:02:40 |
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NOVEL. THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF HER BEST. >> WHEN PUBLISHED? >> IN THE 1920'S -- I'M LOOKING HERE -- IT'S AFTER "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE," SOMETIME...
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| 02:03:00 |
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WHO LEFT HER MARRIAGE AND HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE SOUTH OF
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| 02:03:06 |
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FRANCE, THIS IS SET
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| 02:03:08 |
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VERY NEAR THE PLACE WHERE EDITH WHARTON HAD HER SECOND HOME IN PARIS, RIGHT ON THE -- WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN, AND THIS WOMAN HAS A DAUGHTER SHE HAS LEFT...
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| 02:04:54 |
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PARIS, AND THAT BOOK OPENS WITH EDITH
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| 02:04:57 |
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WHARTON, AND I'M ASHAMED TO SAY NOW THAT THE BOOK OPENS WITH HER NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO CAME, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS SO MUCH...
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| 02:05:45 |
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RESTORATION PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1980 TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE IT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET GOING WITH THE RESTORATION UNTIL ABOUT 1997 WHEN WE STARTED THE...
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| 02:06:04 |
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WHAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS THE RESTORATION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE. SINCE THEN WE HAVE GONE INSIDE AND PUT ALL NEW MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN, NEW SECURITY...
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| 02:06:54 |
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THE SECOND PHASE WHICH IS THE STABLE AND KITCHEN GARDEN AND THE ENTRANCE DRIVE TO THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT $10 MILLION, AND THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH
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| 02:07:02 |
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INCLUDES A $5 MILLION ENDOWMENT FOR THE CARE OF THE PROPERTY, IN ADDITION TO A NEW VISITORS CENTER, IS AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION. SO IT IS A $35 MILLION...
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| 02:07:33 |
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WE HEARD FROM CALLERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THAT YOU ARE
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| 02:07:37 |
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ALLOWING VISITORS DURING THE TIME OF RESTORATION? >> WE CALL THEM CONSTRUCTION TOURS, BECAUSE THE VISITORS CAN GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SEE THE WORK...
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| 02:07:54 |
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IN PROGRESS AND IT WHETS THEIR APPETITE TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR WHEN
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| 02:08:01 |
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IT IS FINISHED. >> WHEN IS IT OPEN? >> THE FIRST TOUR IS AT 9:00 A.M., THE LAST TOUR IS 4:00 P.M., AND IT IS $7.50 FOR ADULTS. >> HOW DO YOU FIND THE...
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| 02:08:25 |
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YOU'RE COMING FROM, WE'RE THIS LENOX,
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| 02:08:27 |
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MASSACHUSETTS, WHICH IS EXIT 2, OFF THE MASS PIKE, AND IF YOU'RE COMING FROM BOSTON, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET THERE. >> WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS...
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| 02:08:36 |
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WHICH I PROMISED THIS YOU WOULD ANSWER. ONE WAS WHAT ARE
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| 02:08:39 |
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THE PLANS FOR USING THE HOUSE ONCE THE RESTORATION IS COMPLETED? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND AN INTERESTING QUESTION. ALTHOUGH WE ARE PLANNING...
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ENJOYED IT. WE WILL BE GIVING POETRY READINGS. EDITH WHARTON, ONE OF THE FAVORITE THINGS THAT SHE LIKED TO DO WAS TO READ POETRY
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ALLOWED OR TO HAVE OTHERS READ IT, SUCH AS HENRY JAMES, AND THE LIBRARY IS WHERE SHE DID THAT, ALTHOUGH WE THINK WE WILL KEEP THE DRAWING ROOM FOR...
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ENGLAND AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RAISE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THOSE BOOKS AND BRING
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THEM BACK TO THE LIBRARY. SOME OF THOSE BOOKS ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE LIBRARY, THEY ARE BOOKS THAT -- IT'S A WONDERFUL COLLECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE BOOKS...
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AND $35 MILLION TO RESTORE IT? >>
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I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST. >> LET'S SAY IT
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WAS $1 MILLION, THE COST OF RESTORATION IS SO
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MUCH LARGER. >> IT ALWAYS IS. >> WHY IS THAT? >> BECAUSE YOU'RE PROTECTING ORIGINAL FABRIC, YOU CAN'T GO IN LIKE A
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DEMOLITION CREW AND SAY LET REDUE THE ROOM AND TEAR DOWN THE WALLS,
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YOU'RE TRYING TO
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PROTECT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE PLASTER, IN PUTTING IN THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, WE HAD TO DO THAT WITH A GREAT DEAL
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OF DELICACY, SO WE WOULD NOT DESTROY
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OR THAT ANY -- ANY OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL THAT -- THE FABRIC OF THE HOUSE THAT EXISTED, TO DISRUPT AS LITTLE OF IT AS POSSIBLE WHEN PUTTING IN THE NEW...
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THANK YOU, SUSAN. >> COME VISIT BECAUSE IT IS OPEN EVEN DURING THE PROCESS OF RESTORATION, IT WILL BE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD BY 2002. I HAVEN'T JOINED THE...
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MINUTES LEFT IN OUR CONVERSATION.
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OUR TWO GUESTS, WARREN GOLDSTEIN AND SHARI BENSTOCK, WILL BE HERE TO TAKE MORE OF YOUR CALLS ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD AND THE WRITER EDITH WHARTON. WE...
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| 02:12:56 |
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THE -- OF THE SUFFRAGESTS, THE ONES THROWING THE BOMBS. SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS TERRIBLE. SHE WAS ADAMANTLY AGAINST -- NOT AGAINST SUFFRAGE, BUT AGAINST...
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| 02:14:06 |
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WAS A CONSERVATIVE.
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SHE DIDN'T -- SHE DIDN'T TALK
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ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, THAT KIND OF ISSUE WAS ALMOST AS PRIVATE AS SEXUALITY. >> SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SEXUALLY IN -- SEXUALITY IN HER WRITING. >> WHOOPS.
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A LITTLE
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GUST HAS COME UP. AT THIS HOUSE, SOMETHING OF A SALON AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN, THE DISCUSSION WAS RARELY ABOUT POLITICS THEN? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS...
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ARTS AN LITERATURE? >> I THINK MOSTLY ABOUT ARTS
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AND LITERATURE. SHE WAS PRIMARILY THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM. >> NEXT CALL ON EDITH WHARTON. CALLER: WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH THAT MRS. WHARTON
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ACHIEVED THROUGH HER LIFE, WAS SHE A
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PHILANTHROPIST? DID SHE HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH THE OTHER AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS AT THE
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TIME SUCH AS HEMMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD AND THOSE SORTS OF
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PEOPLE? >> LET'S START WITH THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST. >> SHE HAD INTERACTIONS WITH SOME OF THE AMERICANS WHO WERE IN PARIS, SHE HAD SOME VERY FIRM ...
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ROOM. ALTHOUGH SHE DID INVITE F.
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SCOTT FITZGERALD AND HIS WIFE ZELLEDA TO HER HOUSE -- ZELDA TO HER HOUSE IN PARIS, AND THE VISIT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER. FITZGERALD WAS A GREAT ADMIRER...
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| 02:17:50 |
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HOW INFLUENTIAL WAS HE ON HER WORK? >> I THINK THAT IS STILL AN OPEN QUESTION FOR US. SHE READ HIM, SHE LOVED THE EARLY WORK OF JAMES. SHE LIKED LESS...
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| 02:18:06 |
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VERY COMPLICATED AND SOMETIMES INSCRUTEABLE
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| 02:18:14 |
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STYLE. BUT I THINK THE -- INSCRUTEABLE STYLE. THEY WERE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER PERSONALLY. THERE IS A COLLECTION OF LETTERS BETWEEN EDITH WHARTON AND...
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| 02:19:25 |
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GIRCEF, WOMEN SUCH AS KATHERINE MANSFIELD -- KATHERINE MANSFIELD, AND WOMEN LIKE JEAN HEEPE, AND GERTRUDE STEINE? >> YES, SHE KNEW OF THESE WOMEN....
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| 02:20:09 |
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OPEN HERSELF UP TO THAT GROUP. >> WE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF HOW YOU BECAME INTERESTED IN EDITH WHARTON. >> I GOT LUCKY. A PROFESSOR OF MINE IN THE FIRST...
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| 02:20:32 |
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HOOKED. IT IS THE NOVEL I HAVE COME BACK TO MORE THAN ANY OTHER NOVEL IN
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MY LIFE. >> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TREAD? >> FIVE OR SIX. >> WHAT -- HAVE YOU READ IT? >> FIVE OR SIX. >> WHAT DRAWS YOU BACK? >> YOU SEE DIFFERENT...
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LOVE STORY, BUT DOESN'T HAVE
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MUCH EXPERIENCE TO GO ALONG WITH IT. SO YOU READ THE INTERACTION
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| 02:21:03 |
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BETWEEN THESE CHARACTERS,
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THE POSSIBILITIES,
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| 02:21:06 |
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WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WHAT
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| 02:21:08 |
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DOES HAPPEN VERY DIFFERENTLY. YOU READ THE -- YOU READ MAY ANNOUNCING HER VICTORY AND SELLING ELENA AWAY DIFFERENTLY, YOU READ A RIDE IN A CARRIAGE WHERE...
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| 02:22:20 |
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THE FIRST FOR A -- FIRST WOMAN FOR A NOBLE PRIZE WAS BEATEN OUT BY SOMEBODY ELSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A GREAT RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO STYLES OF...
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| 02:23:23 |
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NOBLE PRIZE, SHE VERY MUCH WANTED TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE NOBLE PRIZE, AND A CLOSE FRIEND OF HERS, ROBERT BLITZ, WAS AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN, AND...
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| 02:23:42 |
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KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT THERE IS SOME SENSE THAT HER NOVEL, "A CUSTOM OF A COUNTRY" WHICH IS A DEVASTATED SATIRE ABOUT THE RUN FOR MONEY IN THE UNITED...
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| 02:24:41 |
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TO THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF A LITERARY CAREER? GERTRUDE ATH ANN, ABOUT THE -- ATHAN WHO WROTE AT THE SAME TIME, AND WAS JEALOUS OF HER AND I WONDERED IF...
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| 02:25:26 |
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ENGLAND RATHER THAN TO THE UNITED STATES. >> WE'RE WRAPPING UP QUICKLY. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HER FINAL YEARS AN DEATH. YOU MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS...
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| 02:25:49 |
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WAS TERRORIZED OF WAR IN FRANCE. SHE HAD BASICALLY A MILITARY FUNERAL AND GIVEN ALL OF THE HONORS OF SOMEONE WHO SERVED IN
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| 02:25:59 |
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THE MILITARY IN FRANCE. BECAUSE SHE WAS -- SHE WAS A HERO TO THEM. >> I'VE GOT HERE AND IT IS THREE PAGES LONG, SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT TOOK UP MOST...
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| 02:26:27 |
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BURIED IN PARIS, BURIED NEXT TO THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO READ EDITH WHARTON, AND WHY IS IT, AS YOUR HISTORY PROFESSOR, IMPORTANT...
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| 02:26:49 |
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CLASS ORGANIZATIONS, THE BUILDING OF NATIONAL CORPORATIONS, AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
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| 02:26:54 |
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ANOTHER NOVELEST IN AMERICA WHO UNDERSTOOD THE UPPER CLASSES BETTER THAN EDITH WHARTON. THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER NOVELEST WHO UNDERSTOOD THE EMOTIONAL...
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| 02:27:05 |
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19TH CENTURY BETTER THAN EDITH WHARTON. >> EDITH WHARTON WROTE AND PUBLISHED MORE THAN 40 BOOKS, SHE WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE."...
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| 02:27:28 |
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YOU. I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING TODAY. IT HAUNTS YOU. >> AS WE CLOSE, WE WILL ASK YOU TO SUMMARIZE WHY YOU SPENT SO MUCH OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL...
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| 02:27:43 |
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AND THE DIVERSITY OF HER WRITING MUCH BUT I ALSO SEE IN HER LIFE THE WAY IN WHICH SHE IS TRYING TO WORK AS A WOMAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY YEARS IN A...
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| 02:27:55 |
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IS NOT PROPER FOR THE SOCIAL CLASS THAT SHE IS COMING FROM. TO SEE THE WAY IN WHICH SHE MAKES HERSELF ACROSS THE
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| 02:28:03 |
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YEARS. >> OUR THANKS TO SHARI BENSTOCK AND WARREN GOLDSTEIN WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR THE PAST 2 1/2 HOURS, AND TO THE FOLKS FROM THE EDITH WHARTON...
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