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Edith Wharton
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The Custom of the Country (Modern Library Classics) |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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400 |
| Date: |
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2001-10-09 |
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0375758070 |
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Modern Library |
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0.72 pounds |
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4.92 x 0.98 x 8.86 inches |
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Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913, The Custom of the Country is a cutting commentary on America’s nouveaux riches, their upward-yearning aspirations and their eventual downfalls. Through her heroine, the beautiful and ruthless Undine Spragg, a spoiled heiress who looks to her next materialistic triumph as her latest conquest throws himself at her feet, Edith Wharton presents a startling, satiric vision of social behavior in all its greedy glory. As Undine moves from America’s heartland to Manhattan, and then to Paris, Wharton’s critical eye leaves no social class unscathed.
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