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Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

A biography of the eccentric American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner

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    “Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra is a definitive biography of the eccentric American art collector, exploring her reinvention after personal tragedy, her bohemian friendships with figures like Henry James and John Singer Sargent, and how she created her iconic Boston museum as a form of memoir. A case for beauty!”

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