The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton - ISBN: 9780143137214
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Ambitious Undine claws her way to the top in high society.

The Custom of the Country

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    14 February 2023

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Summary

Wharton’s sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola

A Penguin Classics Deluxe 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 w…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143137214
ISBN-10:0143137212
Author:Edith Wharton, Sofia Coppola, Sarah Blackwood
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:14 February 2023
Weight:468g
Dimensions:212mm x 145mm x 29mm
Series:Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
About The Author

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born Edith Newbold Jones. A member of a distinguished New York family, she was educated privately in America and abroad. During her life, she published more than forty volumes—novels, stories, verse, essays, travel books, and memoirs.

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