The Custom Of The Country (Penguin Vitae)

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 décor 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.

• | Author: Edith Wharton
• | Publisher: Penguin Classics
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0143137204
• | ISBN-13: 9780143137207