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9 de oct. de 2008 · ISBN: 9780199555123. Number of pages: 416. Weight: 280 g. Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm. Buy The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton, Stephen Orgel from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist.
Witty and devasting, The Custom of the Country is an astute comedy of manners and a scathing satire of upper-class life that bites to this day. More than a century after its original publication, Edith Wharton’s 1913 masterpiece remains an un-put-downable showcase for one of the most memorable, controversial anti-heroines in American literature.
15 de nov. de 2022 · 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.
- Edith Wharton
30 de mar. de 2020 · The Custom of the Country. Paperback – March 30, 2020. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton is a timeless classic that follows the story of Undine Spragg, a young Midwestern girl determined to find her place in New York City's upper class. As she navigates the intricate web of society, Undine discovers the harsh realities of ambition ...
- Edith Wharton
She also completed her most biting satire, The Custom of the Country (1913), the story of Undine Spragg's climb, marriage by marriage, from a midwestern town to New York to a French chateau. During World War I, Wharton dedicated herself to the war effort and was honored by the French government for her work with Belgian refugees.
5 de jun. de 2012 · The Custom of the Country (Vintage Classics) Paperback – June 5, 2012. Edith Wharton’s lacerating satire on marriage and materialism in turn-of-the-century New York features her most selfish, ruthless, and irresistibly outrageous female character. Undine Spragg is an exquisitely beautiful but ferociously acquisitive young woman from the ...
- Edith Wharton
