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The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (Paperback, 1991)

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Educated by tutors and governesses, she was raised for only one career- marriage. She suffered the first of a series of nervous breakdowns in 1894. In 1913 the Whartons were divorced, and Edith took up permanent residence in France.

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First published in 1913, Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country is a scathing novel of ambition featuring one of the most ruthless heroines in literature. Undine Spragg is as unscrupulous as she is magnetically beautiful. Her rise to the top of New York's high society from the nouveau riche provides a provocative commentary on the upwardly mobile and the aspirations that eventually cause their ruin. One of Wharton's most acclaimed works, The Custom of the Country is a stunning indictment of materialism and misplaced values that is as powerful today for its astute observations about greed and power as when it was written nearly a century ago.

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Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-13
9780553213935
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
The Custom of the Country
Author
Edith Wharton
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1991
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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172mm
Item Width
108mm
Item Weight
261g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Edith Wharton
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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by harrybernie08 Apr, 2011
Surprisingly Compelling and Enjoyable
I am always surprised by the readability of novels written in the early part of the 20th century. The language is somewhat estoteric at times, but that does not seem to matter. The story is compelling and Wharton really knew how to turn a phrase. I was also impressed with her dead-on choices, in terms of when to skip certain periods of time, moving the story along. She also happily refrained from describing in detail some of the most painful (and potentially drawn out) episodes, leaving them to the reader's imagination - much more effective, and, in my opinion, an excellent writing device that more novelists should make use of. I read the book because of my book club and expected to have trouble with it, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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