Famed author, Edith Wharton, lived at The Mount, within walking distance of Brook Farm Inn B&B in Lenox. The beautiful mansion and gardens are now open for the season, offering guided tours, lectures and readings. We offer our guests discount coupons for admission. Starting May 28th, we also offer an all-inclusive package including room reservations, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Mount’
Ghostly Readings this week at The Mount
October 23rd, 2009 by philhalpern
The Mount is around the corner from Brook Farm Inn, and the gracious, Gilded Age drawing room is the perfect setting for these readings. Can’t wait! Come join us! October 26, 2009 – October 31, 2009 Description “For the ghost should never be allowed to forget that his only chance of survival is in the tale of [...]
Literary Lenox
June 3rd, 2009 by philhalpern
At Brook Farm Inn, we’re always interested in literary links to the original Brook Farm, for which the inn was named. Brook Farm was a utopian farm experiment — the original hippie commune, perhaps — that was founded by the Transcendentalists in the 1840′s. Hawthorne, Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other famous intellectuals of the era [...]
Peter Filkins reads from his translation of H.G. Adler's
April 14th, 2009 by philhalpern
On Saturday, April 18th at 5 pm, Simon’s Rock professor Peter Filkins will read from and discuss his recent translation of H.G. Adler’s novel, The Journey. The reading takes place in the Mount, The estate of Edith Wharton at 2 Plunket Street, Lenox Massachusetts Adler, one of only a handful of German-speaking Jewish novelists to [...]
The Mount in Lenox Massachusetts Announces '08 Lecture Series
June 24th, 2008 by philhalpern
A favorite of summer visitors to Brook Farm Inn in Lenox Massachusetts has always been the author lecture series at The Mount, home and gardens of Edith Wharton. Lectures take place on Mondays at 4 PM, starting July 7th, and they’re followed by tea and book-signing. We’re also glad to announce Wharton on Wednesdays at 5 PM in [...]
Saving The Mount…One Brook Farm Inn Guest at a Time
April 29th, 2008 by philhalpern
You may have been reading or hearing lately about the financial difficulties of The Mount, famed estate of the author, Edith Wharton. Brook Farm Inn is within walking distance of this treasure in Lenox, Massachusetts. A tour of the mansion and gardens are a must for every visitor to the Berkshires, and many wonderful events [...]
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