Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2010
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Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 30 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781982421113 MWT10077712, 1982421118 10077712
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Grace Conlin
One of Edith Wharton's most acclaimed works, The Custom of the Country is a blistering indictment of materialism, power, and misplaced values. Its heroine, Undine Spragg, is one of the most ruthless characters in all of literature, as selfishly unscrupulous as she is fiercely beautiful. As she climbs the class ladder through a series of marriages and affairs, she shows little concern for who she has to step on. Her rise to the top of New York's elite society provides a poignant and scathing commentary on the unquenchable ambitions of America's nouveau riche
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