Immortalized in print by Henry James and on canvas by John Singer Sargent and a legend in her own lifetime, Isabella Stewart Gardner struck out boldly against Victorian repression to develop her own artistic and intellectual interests. Married to a pillar of Boston Brahmin society, which didn't accept her eccentric lifestyle, Isabella Gardner involved herself with the newly emerging Irish-Catholic, Jewish, feminist, gay, and African-American communities and became muse and mentor to musicians, painters, writers, and scholars such as Henry James, Henry Adams, John Singer Sargent, Lady Gregory, Bernard Berenson, Elsie de Wolfe, Charles Eliot Norton, and George Santayana. The climax of her life carne after the death of her beloved husband in 1898 when she designed and built a Venetian palazzo in Boston to contain her world-famous art collection, where she lived and entertained lavishly and which stands today as the ultimate triumph of her remarkable life.
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ZBK Books
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HPB-Diamond
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$4.36
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HPB Inc.
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$4.36
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Housing Works Online Bookstore
Very Good
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$4.78
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Cape Cod Booksellers
Very Good
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$6.70
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HPB-Diamond
Very Good
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$6.73
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Bulk Book Warehouse
Good
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$6.73
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Big River Books
Acceptable |
$8.86
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Gils Book Loft
Very Good
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$9.00
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Book Alley
Very Good
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$9.56
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Abacus Bookshop
Like New
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$11.25
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Powell's Books Chicago
Very Good |
$11.81
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Cathy's Half Price Books
Very Good |
$13.45
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ErgodeBooks
Good |
$14.40
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Keeper of the Page
Like New
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$15.30
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Between the Covers-Rare Books
Like New |
$22.50
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Argosy Book Store
Very Good
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$23.21
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Abstract Books
Very Good |
$24.75
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ErgodeBooks
New |
$29.97
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Between the Covers-Rare Books
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$31.50
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Bonita
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$33.23
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Robinson Street Books
Very Good
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$50.62
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Bonita
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$73.71
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GridFreed
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$81.80
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