Edith Wharton's novels of manners seem to grow in stature as time passes.
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The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by American Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
About The Custom Of The Country by Edith Wharton The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
No Gifts from Chance:A Biography of Edith Wharton. ... Powers, Lyall H.Henry James and Edith Wharton: Letters:1900–1915. New York: Scribner's, 1990. Bibliographies, Reference Guides, and Catalogue of Wharton's Library Garrison, Stephen.
This novel was written in 1913. It tells of Undine Spragg, a beautiful young woman from the Midwest who arrives in New York to seek her fortune. She achieves her...
This is the story of spoiled Undine Spragg, a vain heroine who rises from Dakota to New York to Paris, leaving behind a trail of broken promises on her quest for a place in the upper class.
"The Custom of the Country" from Francis Beaumont. Dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre (1584-1616).
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NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. in the quiet place with the green water-fall Ralph's vision might have kept faith with him; but how could he hope to surprise it in the midsummer crowds of St. Moritz?
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.
The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by American Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
Once famed for its obscenity, this vigorous and enjoyable play traces the fortunes of two brothers shipwrecked in a foreign land.
The novel superbly captures the world of post-Civil War America, as ruthless in its social ambitions as in its business and politics.
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Undine Spragg is the daughter of a midwestern middle-class couple who have moved to New York City at Undine's insistence to get away from the scandal caused by Mr. Spragg's...
"Undine Spragg-how can you?" her mother wailed, raising a prematurely-wrinkled hand heavy with rings to defend the note which a languid "bell-boy" had just brought in.
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The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by American novelist Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.