The Mount Celebrates "Edith Wharton In France"
Edith Wharton's former mansion hosted a book launch for a new biography about the author.
The Mount's Major Gifts Officer, Sarah Hunter Hudson, and its Executive Director, Susan Wissler (Photo by Tricia McCormack Photography)
A celebration for The Mount’s National Committee, members and guests on Sunday, Oct. 21 also served as a book launch for the new biography Edith Wharton in France by French scholar Claudine Lesage. The Mount’s Executive Director Susan Wissler worked tirelessly to ensure the book was completed and published after Lesage’s death. As Wissler explained at the event, the book includes “juicy new material” for Wharton fans, including Wharton’s 35-year correspondence with her good friend Léon Bélugou, as well as letters presented as evidence in Wharton’s divorce proceedings, an autobiographical essay written by Wharton’s lover Morton Fullerton, and never-before-published photographs.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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