The custom of the country / Edith Wharton ; introduction by Diane Johnson ; notes by Benjamin Dreyer.
By: Wharton, Edith
Series: Modern Library classics: Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2001Edition: 2001 Modern Library pbk. edDescription: xvii, 380 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780375758072Subject(s): Americans -- France -- Fiction | Remarried people -- Fiction | Divorced women -- Fiction | Upper class -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Satire.Summary: 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.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.