{"product_id":"the-decoration-of-houses-9780815604730","title":"The Decoration of Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe Decoration of Houses\u003c\/i\u003e (1897), co-written with the architect Ogden Codman Jr., brought transatlantic fame to a writer best known as a chronicler of Gilded Age New York. In their decorating guidebook, Wharton and Codman, who collaborated on the design of the author's Massachusetts home, The Mount, advocated for simple but classically informed choices that resonate profoundly today. The book crystallizes what Wharton found to be troubling in Americans' enthusiasm for ostentation at the turn of the twentieth century--the late Victorian equivalent of the modern \"McMansion.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis annotated edition includes a comprehensive introduction that provides relevant biographical information on Wharton, as well as her literary work and how her perspectives on homeownership and d?cor informed her writing. The reproduction of the book's original illustrations alongside new annotations allows readers to visualize how Wharton's aesthetic preferences informed her writing, life, and charitable works. Valuable to Wharton scholars as well as students of design, \u003ci\u003eThe Decoration of Houses\u003c\/i\u003e presents a definitive look at the tastes of a literary icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily J. Orlando\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fairfield University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and the Visual Arts, \u003c\/i\u003e editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton, a\u003c\/i\u003end co-editor of \u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900276871442,"sku":"9780815604730","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_acd7395d-568e-415c-a270-b696c3ebd61f.jpg?v=1738378138","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-decoration-of-houses-9780815604730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}