Edith Wharton was an American novelist who wrote The Age of Innocence, which inspired the Gossip Girl series. She owned homes called The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts and a villa in France. The Breakers was the summer home of the wealthy Astor family in Newport, Rhode Island.

1. Edith
Wharton

2. Edith Wharton's home, The Mount, in
Lenox, Massachusetts

3. Edith Wharton's Villa in France

4. The Breakers - The summer home of the Astor
family in Newport, Rhode Island

5. The author of The
Gossip Girl series
was inspired by
Edith Wharton's
novel The Age of
Innocence.