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The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
- United States
- October 1913
- Novel
- Edith Wharton
1 de fev. de 2004 · Feb 1, 2004. Most Recently Updated. Feb 27, 2015. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 310 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
A comprehensive guide to Edith Wharton's novel The Custom of the Country, a comedy of manners about a woman who divorces four times in the Progressive Era. Learn about the plot, themes, characters, symbols, and historical context of this classic work of literature.
Custom of the Country follows Wharton's best character, especially if you like terrible characters: Undine Spragg, the Edmund Hillary of social climbing. She arrives in New York from the allegorical Midwestern small town of Apex, with money on her mind.
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20 de jan. de 2021 · “ The Custom of the Country ” (1913), like much that Edith Wharton wrote, can be described as a novel of manners. That’s to say, a social fiction in which the carefully observed customs...
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The Custom of the Country is the story of Undine Spragg, a young woman with social aspirations who convinces her nouveau riche parents to leave the Midwest and settle in New York. There she captures and marries a young man from New York’s high society.
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