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The Real Mrs. Astor: Ruler or Rebel?

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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Edith Wharton's Caroline Astor

Tom eura: Edith wharton portrayed caroline astor in a short story that she wrote. She says the portrayal of adelina jasper, which sounds awfully close to car Caroline astor, does it, does it not? tom eura: edith wharton was not a specially char to most nineteenth century socialites. But she was right about missus astor,Caroline astor. That was her life, entertaining. And unfortunately for her, again, by the time that she opened that grand new double mansion 18 95, she was starting to be left in the dust. Tom eura: Here was this pretty tragic figure as it was anyway, that no

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