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This blog is part of a literature class on the rise and fall of grand houses (estates, manors, family properties) in novels. We look at the way houses embody class and race hierarchies as well as challenges to those same structures. In this blog, students investigate the connections between real life houses and art. Some posts offer a more historical perspective, others go deeper into the spirit of the literary adaptation. Some houses exist/ed as grand structures over the centuries, others quickly gave way to new economies of tenements and apartments. We hope you'll enjoy these nuggets of research and find compelling patterns appear across the wide range of house-related stories!