The Custom of the Country |
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Author:
| Wharton, Edith |
Foreword by:
| Coppola, Sofia |
Introduction by:
| Blackwood, Sarah |
Series title: | Penguin Vitae Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-313720-7 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2022 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Wharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Vitae edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola A Penguin Vitae Edition 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...
More Description Wharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Vitae edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola
A Penguin Vitae Edition
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.