{"product_id":"the-decoration-of-houses-paperback-softback-9780815604730","title":"The Decoration of Houses (Paperback \/ softback) 9780815604730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Decoration of Houses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily J. Orlando (Edited by), Edith Wharton (Author), Ogden Codman Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815604730\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 65 black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.514 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEmily Orlando delivers a breakthrough and long-overdue edition of one of the most revealing books in Edith Wharton’s career and elegantly recreates her codes for American taste. The volume offers multiple visions of the author’s influence in the decoration of houses, the aesthetics for the world in which she lived, and her famous coordination with the architect, Ogden Codman, himself. From Wharton’s distaste for the vulgar to her delight in proportion, Orlando explores the background of the writer’s early passion for beautiful living as the basis for the moral vision of her fictions.\" - Dale M. Bauer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Emily J. Orlando introduces us anew to Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr.’s \u003ci\u003eThe Decoration of Houses \u003c\/i\u003ein an authoritative and elegant edition befitting its subject. Orlando’s stunning introduction and thorough annotations showcase her deep familiarity with the text and its authors, and illuminate the book’s composition, contexts, history, and reception, as well as its enduring influence today. The connections that Orlando draws between this early book and Wharton’s subsequent writing, and Wharton’s own homes and experiences, are rich and generative. This first scholarly edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Decoration of Houses\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers interested in architectural and cultural history and Wharton’s gilded age.\" - Gary Totten, University of Nevada, Las Vegas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 décor 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656089006360,"sku":"9780815604730","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-decoration-of-houses-paperback-softback-9780815604730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}