Categoría | Clásica |
ISBN | 9780375758072 |
Peso | 0.60 |
Idioma | Inglés |
Editorial | Modern Library |
Autor | Wharton, Edith |
Editor | Johnson, Diane |
Tapa | Rústica |
Año | 2001 |
Ciudad | Nueva York |
Páginas | 400 |
Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913, The Custom of the Country is a cutting commentary on America’s 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 America’s heartland to Manhattan, and then to Paris, Wharton’s critical eye leaves no social class unscathed.