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The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton
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Description for The Custom of the Country
Paperback. Presents a tale about a beautiful social climber, Undine Sprague, who is a monster of selfishness and honestly doesn't know it. She marries well above herself twice and both times fails to recognize her husbands' strengths of character or the weakness of her own, and it is they, not she, who pay the price. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Edith Wharton's novels of manners seem to grow in stature as time passes. Here she draws a beautiful social climber, Undine Sprague, who is a monster of selfishness and honestly doesn't know it. Although the worlds she wants to conquer have vanished, Undine herself is amazingly recognizable. She marries well above herself twice and both times fails to recognize her husbands' strengths of character or the weakness of her own, and it is they, not she, who pay the price.
Edith Wharton's novels of manners seem to grow in stature as time passes. Here she draws a beautiful social climber, Undine Sprague, who is a monster of selfishness and honestly doesn't know it. Although the worlds she wants to conquer have vanished, Undine herself is amazingly recognizable. She marries well above herself twice and both times fails to recognize her husbands' strengths of character or the weakness of her own, and it is they, not she, who pay the price.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143039709
SKU
V9780143039709
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Ref
99-66
About Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist. Her best known work, The Age of Innocence, won her a Pulitzer Prize and was written in 1920.
Reviews for The Custom of the Country
"Edith Wharton's finest achievement."
Elizabeth Hardwick
Elizabeth Hardwick