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The Custom of the Country

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The Custom of the Country

  • ISBN 13: 9780375758072
  • ISBN 10: 0375758070
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 10/09/2001
  • Publisher: Modern Library

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Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913,The Custom of the Countryis 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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