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The custom of the country
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- ISBN: 067942301X :
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Physical Description:
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xliii, 413 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: New York : Knopf, 1994.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Divorced women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction Upper class -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | PS 3545 H16 C8 1994 (Text) | 26040003216989 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Undine Spragg, selfish and spoiled, determines to gain admittance into turn-of-the-century New York society - Random House, Inc.
Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913, The Custom of the Country is a cutting commentary on Americaâs nouveaux riches, their upward-yearning aspirations and their eventual downfalls. Through her heroine, the beautiful and ruthless Undine Spragg, a spoiled heiress who looks to her next materialistic triumph as her latest conquest throws himself at her feet, Edith Wharton presents a startling, satiric vision of social behavior in all its greedy glory. As Undine moves from Americaâs heartland to Manhattan, and then to Paris, Whartonâs critical eye leaves no social class unscathed.
