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This satire of America (Undine Spragg’s initials are U.S.) and the treatment of American women provoked Booklist to say in its review that “It is to be devoutly hoped that the title is a libel.”. Libelous or not, The Custom of the Country is considered one of Wharton’s greatest works and was one of Wharton’s personal favorites ...
A biting satire from one of America’s greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features a compelling and ruthless heroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery. The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with ...
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY. by EDITH WHARTON. 1913. THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY I "Undine Spragg—how can you?" her mother wailed, raising a prematurely-wrinkled hand heavy with rings to defend the note which a languid "bell-boy" had just brought in.
About The Custom of the Country. 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 ...
The Custom of the Country. 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 Midwest who comes to New York to seek her fortune.
Edith Wharton’s novel, “The Custom of the Country,” is a complex and nuanced exploration of American society at the turn of the 20th century. Through the character of Undine Spragg, a young woman from the Midwest who moves to New York City in search of social status and wealth, Wharton delves into themes of class, gender, and power.
2 de abr. de 2022 · The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton. It is centered on Undine Spragg, a social upstart who goes up the social ladder through marriage and divorce and remarriage, many times anew. Wavering between the Romantic and the Realist canons, the novel nevertheless follows in the wake of the literary tradition of the money-novel.
