The Custom of the Country : (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Overview
Wharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, Wharton affords us a detailed glimpse of what might be called the interior décor of this America and its nouveau riche fringes. Through a heroine who is as vain, spoiled, and selfish as she is irresistibly fascinating, and through a most intricate and satisfying plot that follows Undine's marriages and affairs, she conveys a vision of social behavior that is both supremely informed and supremely disenchanted.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780143137214
- ISBN-10: 0143137212
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publish Date: November 2022
- Dimensions: 8.43 x 5.12 x 1.26 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 432
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