-- Appendixes that index entries by topics, chronicle Wharton's publication history, and identify all the fictional characters in her work.-- A special feature by Scott Marshall, deputy director of The Mount (Wharton's restored home in Lenox, Mass.), that provides a fascinating record of theatrical, film, and even operatic adaptations of Wharton's work.-- A timeline, chronology, family tree, extensive bibliographies, and a complete general index.

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The Scarlet Tombstone

Not long ago I was meandering around downtown, trying to kill some time, when I decided to check out King's Chapel Burying Ground, one of two historic cemeteries in the middle of Downtown Boston that I have never visited. I strolled around, the morning sunlight breaking through the branches high above me, when I stumbled upon this gem of a tombstone, marking the grave of the long deceased Elizabeth Pain. If you're at all like me, you would currently be asking yourself in a puzzled, quizzical, inner-workings-of-your-head voice, "Who?"

At first glance it's nothing special to see. Half sunk into the ground, this tombstone is one of the smaller ones in the cemetery, and could easily be passed over as nothing special. But upon reading