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I WITNESS: The debate is over. Way over.

The split screen of the debate was priceless: Trump spewing nonsense, a perpetual scowl on his face, and Harris gazing at him in wonder and amusement as he set a match to his candidacy.

CONNECTIONS: Elm Court and Wharton’s ‘The House of Mirth’

Amy Bend and her dire economic and social circumstances were the model for Edith Wharton’s Lily Bart in "The House of Mirth," published in 1905.

CONNECTIONS: Berkshire Robber Barons Part II: All that glitters is not gold

While she built the Mount in Lenox, Edith Wharton was still an occasional houseguest in Newport, a familiar stomping ground that formed the backdrop for one or more of her novels.
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