Welcome to Edith Wharton's Library! This site displays searchable image files for the books contained in Wharton's library at The Mount, her historic estate in Lenox, MA.
This is Stendhal's first published book. It tells the love story of two wealthy French people. Text annotated by Raymond Lebegue. Preface by Andre Gide. Author's name and title are underlined on the first title page.
Text annotated by Henry Debray. Preface by Paul Valery. First volume. Published posthumously; Stendhal did not publish this work during his lifetime in case the political content of the book became a conflict of interest for his government job. His…
Charles du Bos inscribed, 'For Edith from Charles Paris. March 30th 1912'. Half vellum with morocco label. Published posthumously; Stendhal did not publish this work during his lifetime in case the political content of the book became a conflict of…