BooksDirect

Description - The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Considered 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 edition features a new introduction and explanatory notes and reset text.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Buy The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.

A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Summer
Hardback , May '23
20% OFF!
RRP: $22.99 $18.39
The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton
Hardback , Oct '19
20% OFF!
RRP: $39.99 $31.99
House of Mirth
Paperback , Feb '02
20% OFF!
RRP: $12.99 $10.39
The Age of Innocence
Hardback , Jun '20
15% OFF!
RRP: $22.99 $19.54
Writing of Fiction
Paperback , Oct '97
20% OFF!
RRP: $27.99 $22.39
The Custom of the Country
Paperback , Jul '23
20% OFF!
RRP: $29.99 $23.99
Custom of the Country
Paperback , Aug '97
20% OFF!
RRP: $49.99 $39.99
A Son at the Front
Paperback , Jun '23
20% OFF!
RRP: $24.99 $19.99
Mr Jones
Paperback , Oct '23
20% OFF!
RRP: $16.99 $13.59
Ethan Frome
Paperback , Mar '00
20% OFF!
RRP: $12.99 $10.39