The Custom of the Country
Author(s): Edith Wharton; Cynthia Griffin Wolff
The classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver
Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undine's quest for power and position--and in her elusive search for happiness.
A biting satire from one of America's greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features a compelling and driven antiheroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery.
General Information
- :
- : Scribner
- : Scribner
- : 0.435449
- : 01 August 1997
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Edith Wharton; Cynthia Griffin Wolff
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 813.52
- : 528