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In a beautiful but sometimes grim region

*“Pears,’’ by* ***Audrey Shachnow***, *in the show’”, through Oct. 20, “Sculpture at The Mount’,’ the former (mostly) summer estate, in* ***Lenox, Mass.,*** *in the Berkshires, of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Ms. Wharton wrote a grim classic novel titled* Ethan Frome *about characters in the Berkshires.*

“‘Sculpture at The Mount’ showcases a diverse range of sculptures of varying scale and media produced by emerging and internationally established artists. This immersion of art in the natural world is free and open for the public to explore.’’

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Have to settle for where we are

The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country place, in Lenox, Mass., in The Berkshires. from when its construction was completed, in 1902, to when she left to live in France in 1911. It’s now a museum. Ms. Wharton knew the sad and impoverished aspects of The … — The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country place, in Lenox, Mass., in The Berkshires. from when its construction was completed, in 1902, to when she left to live in France in 1911. It’s now a museum. Ms. Wharton knew the sad and impoverished aspects of The Berkshires, too, as you see her novella Ethan Frome.

“It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region.

— Edith Wharton (1862-1937), American novelist.