The Custom of the Country
by Wharton, Edith
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Wraps
- ISBN 10
- 0684719266
- ISBN 13
- 9780684719269
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Synopsis
Wharton's glittering satire of the newly affluent in Old New YorkConsidered 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 decor 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.*This new edition features a new introduction and explanatory notes and reset text
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039389
- Title
- The Custom of the Country
- Author
- Wharton, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First PB Edition. 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0684719266
- ISBN 13
- 9780684719269
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 594
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION AMERICAN TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW YORK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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