An edition of The Custom of the Country (1900)

The custom of the country

1st Collier Books ed.

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An edition of The Custom of the Country (1900)

The custom of the country

1st Collier Books ed.

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Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, recently arrived in New York from the Midwest and determined to conquer high society. Glamorous, selfish, mercenary, and manipulative, her principal assets are her striking beauty, her tenacity, and her father's money. With her sights set on an advantageous marriage, Undine pursues her schemes in a world of shifting values, where triumph is swiftly followed by disillusion. Wharton was re-creating an environment she knew intimately, and Undine's education for social success is chronicled in meticulous detail. The novel superbly captures the world of post-Civil War Ameria, as ruthless in its social ambitions as in its business and politics. - Back cover.

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Collier Books
Language
English
Pages
529

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Fiction Divorced women Upper class Remarried people Americans Social life and customs Classic Literature Literature Romance American fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, humorous Divorced people, fiction New york (n.y.), fiction Paris (france), fiction Fiction, general Fiction, family life Fiction, humorous, general Long Now Manual for Civilization

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New York (N.Y.) Paris (France) France New York New York (State)

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The Custom of the Country
2015-02-27, Project Gutenberg
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The Custom of the Country
2013-10-22, LibriVox
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The Custom of the Country
2008-08-05, LibriVox
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Custom of the Country
2000, Oxf.U.P.
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The custom of the country
1998, Doubleday
in English - 1st New York Public Library collector's ed.
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The custom of the country
1995, Oxford University Press
in English
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The custom of the country
1987, Collier Books
in English - 1st Collier Books ed.
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The custom of the country
1975, C. Scribner's Sons
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The Custom of the Country
1941, Charles Scribner's Sons
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1913, McLeod & Allen
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Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3545.H16 C8 1987, PS3545.H16C8 1987

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 529 p. ;
Number of pages
529

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2384964M
ISBN 10
002038310X
LCCN
87013848
OCLC/WorldCat
15792152
LibraryThing
23420
Goodreads
1387147

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Work ID
OL98585W

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