The classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver
Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undine's quest for power and position-and in her elusive search for happiness.
A biting satire from one of America's greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features a compelling and driven antiheroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery.
| ISBN: | 9780553213935 |
| Publication date: | 17th April 2008 |
| Author: | Edith Wharton |
| Publisher: | Bantam Classics an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Historical Fiction General Fiction |