by Edith Wharton · SER · tapa dura · ISBN 9788403095533
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The Custom of the Country is a novel by Edith Wharton that tells the story of Undine Spragg, an ambitious young woman from a wealthy Midwestern family. Undine moves to New York in search of higher social status and marries Ralph Marvell, a member of an old New York family. However, her insatiable ambition and desire for social advancement lead her to make decisions that will have devastating consequences for her and those around her. The novel explores themes such as ambition, materialism, and cultural differences between the Midwest and New York high society.
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
