Thursday Text: The Buccaneers

Last week I finished reading The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton. It was unfinished when she died in 1937 and later finished and published in 1993 by Edith Wharton historian Marion Mainwaring. I mentioned Edith Wharton previously when my friend loaned me the book. Wharton seems like an interesting person as well as a great author. And, yes, this book is kind of a "how-to-catch-a-husband-in-Victorian-England" kind of a book, but that's just the kind I like! What's the latest book that you've read?

The Mount

I went to lunch with a friend the other day, and she lent me a copy of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers. I remembered loving Ethan Frome, but I wanted to refresh my memory about what else Edith Wharton had written and did a quick online search. In the process, I discovered The Mount - her home in the Berkshires that she designed and built in 1902. I may just have to plan a trip when I'm done reading...