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any homes in Sarasota can lay claim to an important past, but this isolated Longboat Key mansion is in a class by itself.

This is where novelist Stephen King first lived when he began to winter in the area. It was here that he got his bearings — and his creativity — back as he recovered from a car crash that almost took his life.

And it is here that the seeds were planted for his classic Florida novel “Duma Key.”

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Top: An imposing modernist structure, the home was rented by King and his wife for three successive winter seasons in the late 1990s. The famously reclusive author then bought a home on Casey Key, where he still lives. Above: An elevated pool and surrounding deck adjoin the living area.

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You relive that moment when King’s hero Edgar Freemantle first encounters the home he names Big Pink: “I wanted to listen to the house, to see if it had anything to say. I had an idea maybe it did.”

King and his wife, Tabitha, first began renting the home in the late 1990s. They came every winter for three years, paying the then-exorbitant rate of $100,000 per season.

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it, according to the owner, a British businessman. But Tabitha King preferred the more extreme isolation of Casey Key, and that’s where they ended up, in an even larger and more secluded mansion that’s never been seen by the public.

Even without its unique literary associations, the mansion on Longboat would be an extraordinary piece of real estate. It is set on 2.5 acres, with an additional 1 acre available for purchase and development, thus creating the possibility of a family compound. The home itself is 6,000 square feet, constructed in 1997 and as solid as a fortress.

The scale is extraordinary.

The second level functions as the living area, with a space 48 feet long and 15 feet high.

Though hyperglamorous, with glass walls and limestone floors, it echoes the famous living room in Big Pink. The view, facing east over the mangroves, reveals virtually nothing of other homes or human habitation.

It’s almost primeval in its untouched state.

Immediately to the north is a 30-acre nature preserve, adding to the privacy.

Looking out over the low tropical vegetation you can’t help but be reminded of the mysterious jungle-like surroundings of “Duma Key,” where ancient secrets lurk.

But only when you ascend to the rooftop deck do you get the full effect of the home’s location. It’s the tallest single family home on the key, and the 360-degree view encompasses the gulf, the Skyway, the city skyline — everything.

The third level of the home contains four bedrooms, each with its own bath. The master suite features a delightfully incongruous touch — a heart-shaped bathtub.

There’s also a glass enclosed sunroom that juts out from the house toward the view.

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Above: The home is the tallest single-family residence on Longboat Key. A few neighbors are scatted nearby, but the home is oriented for complete privacy.

Right: The living room is immense: 48 feet long, with 15-foothigh ceilings. It suggests a similar room described in the fictional house in “Duma Key”: “The second floor was one large room. I liked the emptiness of that room.

It called to my imagination.”

But of most interest to literary scholars is the home’s first level. Like many homes on Longboat, it’s designed not as living space — zoning laws requires homes be built a certain height above sea level — but as parking, storage and recreation. Here things are a little different. King, not wanting to be distracted by the home’s spectacular views, did all his writing down here.

He set aside one corner of the cavernous space and created an office with two smallish windows looking out at a wall of mangroves, blocking out SEE PAGE 12

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“Duma Key” wasn’t published until 2008, years after King had moved on to Casey Key. But so many of the book’s themes and images can be traced back to Longboat Key: the thrill of a Northerner's first encountering the sunny languid Florida air, the power of the tropics to heal and rejuvenate, and yes, even the mysterious, supernatural elements that are hiding out there, everywhere.

At one point in “Duma Key,” Freemantle goes for a walk on the beach with his daughter. “Is this the most beautiful place on earth, Dad?” she asks.

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I don’t blame you for thinking it might be. It’s Number Four on the most beautiful list, but the top three are places nobody can spell.”

It’s a passage that perfectly encapsulates King’s continuing love affair with our beau-

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Inside, everything is sleek and modern, and the well-chosen furnishings are included. The complex, Sunset Beach, is set on six beachfront acres and has a convenient location toward the south end of the key.

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A good place to start looking is The Meadows, one of the area’s first golf course communities. This Heronmere unit (built in 1981) is more than 1,300 square feet and has been partially updated.

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You don’t have to join the Meadows Country Club, but it has superior facilities, with three 18-hole courses, tennis and social activities. Owners are allowed one small pet, and there is covered parking.

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Sophisticated St. Armands offers beachfront living and a great walkable environment

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There’s a view from the large balcony eastward to Bird Key and the city skyline. The unit totals 1,389 square feet, with a large master suite and many custom built-ins. This is about as close as you can get to downtown and still be on the beach.

Priced at $659,000. For information, call Keith and Sharon Whitfield of Premier Sotheby’s at 302-4256.

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