Recently we were interviewed by Amy Alipio, an editor with National Geographic Traveler magazine, for their Intelligent Travel blog. We talk about how literature has actually saved historic monuments and discuss whether or not the house-museums where famed authors once lived are able to authentically convey their true spirits. Click here to read our interview with Amy.
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Spending Edith Wharton’s birthday re-reading one of my favorite novels by her. The Glimpses of the Moon has shades of The House of Mirth, another of my top Wharton works, but is more lighthearted.
The story follows the misadventures of Nick and Susy, who have more social connections than funds. They strike a bargain: marry and spend a year honeymooning in their rich friends’ mansions and villas, with the caveat that if either of them meets someone else they’ll dissolve the marriage. A comedy of errors ensues.
In her autobiography Wharton describes her motivation for writing the novel as a “flight from the last grim years” of World War I. She was born on January 24, 1862, in New York City.
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A conversation earlier this week with @shapedbystoriesdiane about our literary travel bucket lists has my wanderlust going wild. As much as I dream of making it to a far-flung locale like Guernsey for a tour of Victor Hugo’s house or to Samoa to see Robert Louis Stevenson’s last abode, this year my exploring will be closer to home. A day trip to revisit Washington Irving’s lovely estate, Sunnyside, overlooking the Hudson River in Tarryrown, NY, and hopefully a weekend excursion to the intriguing Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, MA (finally!). And perhaps a trip to Chicago for the American Writers Museum and Hemingway’s birthplace in nearby Oak Park.
What literary locales will you be exploring this year? And if not in person then on the page.
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Seeing the terrific new movie adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN has me thinking about a road trip to revisit sites related to the story. Surprisingly, this is the first screen version of Louisa May Alcott’s tale to use Massachusetts, her lifelong home, as a primary filming location. “To shoot in Concord, in Massachusetts, in this area, in this environment, was really essential in how I wanted to build this movie,” explained director Greta Gerwig in an interview. “It’s significant. The place matters as much as anything.”
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The Alcott family home and also the most significant locale in the lives of the March sisters, Orchard House, was temporarily recreated on a property in Concord. Louisa May Alcott drew so heavily on real-life details, like the trunk of costumes the March sisters used to stage their plays, that visiting the actual abode is a true delight for fans. Of all the literary locales I’ve visited, this is the place where I most felt like I had stepped into a novel.
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