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The Custom of the Country

Adapted from the Novel by Edith Wharton

by Edith Wharton

Available editions of The Custom of the Country

	9781557832870, Paperback, Hal Leonard Corp, 1997 $3.50 (GOOD CONDITION) Other copies of 9781557832870

Publisher Notes

This stage version of Wharton's sprawling novel dissecting the New York social scene focuses on the beautiful, but predatory, Undine Spragg and the men in her life. Representing a world motivated by a heartless desire for power and status, Undine takes on lovers and husbands, discarding them when her whims of iron move her. Hitchcock has captured the satiric brilliance of the original work, while managing to transform a narrative of over 500 pages into a tightly-wrought stage piece. In process, she provides a finely-drawn portrait of an unforgettable heroine against the background of a cruel social milieu dominated by rigid class distinctions and deeply-ingrained prejudices.

Media Reviews

"...as a work of satire it is powerful... Mrs. Wharton is a good hater..."

First Line

"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.

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