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The Custom of the Country
Taschenbuch von Edith Wharton
Sprache: Englisch

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Published in 1913, Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country" tells the story of Undine Spragg, a girl from a Midwestern town with unquenchable social aspirations. Though Undine is narcissistic, pampered, and incredibly selfish, she is also a fascinating, vibrant, and beguiling heroine whose marital initiation into New York high society from its trade-wealthy fringes is only the beginning of her relentless plans. Undine is never satisfied with what she has and constantly hungers for more wealth, more prestige, and more luxury. Her search for these lofty goals takes her from New York to Europe and the apartments of the nouveau riche to ancient French estates. While Undine's cleverness and single-mindedness ultimately gets her what she wants most, it comes at great cost to everyone else, such as her family, child, and many husbands. Through Undine's restlessness and ambition, Wharton weaves an elaborate plot that renders a detailed depiction of upper class social behavior in the early twentieth century. By utilizing a character with inexorable greed in a novel of manners, Wharton explores the social customs of an emerging modern age and the changing role of women in society. This edition is printed on premium acid-free society.
Published in 1913, Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country" tells the story of Undine Spragg, a girl from a Midwestern town with unquenchable social aspirations. Though Undine is narcissistic, pampered, and incredibly selfish, she is also a fascinating, vibrant, and beguiling heroine whose marital initiation into New York high society from its trade-wealthy fringes is only the beginning of her relentless plans. Undine is never satisfied with what she has and constantly hungers for more wealth, more prestige, and more luxury. Her search for these lofty goals takes her from New York to Europe and the apartments of the nouveau riche to ancient French estates. While Undine's cleverness and single-mindedness ultimately gets her what she wants most, it comes at great cost to everyone else, such as her family, child, and many husbands. Through Undine's restlessness and ambition, Wharton weaves an elaborate plot that renders a detailed depiction of upper class social behavior in the early twentieth century. By utilizing a character with inexorable greed in a novel of manners, Wharton explores the social customs of an emerging modern age and the changing role of women in society. This edition is printed on premium acid-free society.
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EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Her other works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Custom of the Country. In her lifetime, Wharton wrote eighteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travelogues, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 290
ISBN-13: 9781420959697
ISBN-10: 1420959697
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wharton, Edith
Hersteller: Digireads.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Wharton
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
preigu-id: 114660986
Über den Autor
EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Her other works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Custom of the Country. In her lifetime, Wharton wrote eighteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travelogues, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 290
ISBN-13: 9781420959697
ISBN-10: 1420959697
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wharton, Edith
Hersteller: Digireads.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Edith Wharton
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
preigu-id: 114660986
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