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From New York to Europe, the apartments of the nouveau riche to ancient French estates, Edith Wharton tells the story of Undine Spragg, a girl from a Midwestern town with unquenchable social aspirations. Though Undine is narcissistic, pampered, and incredibly selfish, she is a beguiling heroine whose marital initiation into New York high society from its trade-wealthy fringes is only the beginning of her relentless ambitions. Wharton weaves an elaborate plot that renders a detailed depiction of upper class social behavior in the early twentieth century. By utilizing a character with inexorable greed in a novel of manners, she demonstrates some of the customs of a modern age and posits a surprising explanation for divorce and the social role of women, which still resonates for the modern reader today.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Custom of the Country
• Author: Edith Wharton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9781420932553
• ISBN: 9781420932553
• ID: 08410004
• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Weight: 352 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 153 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2009

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