The Custom of the Country - (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 15.11.2022 |
| Seiten | 432 |
| Format | 14,2 x 21,3 x 2,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 466 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| EAN | 9780143137214 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14313721EA |
Wharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, with a foreword by
Sofia Coppola
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 journey of Undine Spragg from New York to Europe, Wharton affords us a detailed glimpse of the America's interior and its nouveau riche fringes. Through a heroine who is as vain, spoiled and selfish as she is irresistibly fascinating, and through the intricate plot of Undine's marriages and affairs, Wharton conveys a vision of a social class that is both supremely informed and supremely disenchanted.