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    The Custom of the Country
    The Custom of the Country
    The Custom of the Country
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    The Custom of the Country

    Written by Edith Wharton

    Narrated by Barbara Caruso

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    The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, Edith Wharton stands among the finest writers of early 20th-century America. In The Custom of the Country, Wharton' s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg. When Undine convinces her nouveau riche parents to move to New York, she quickly injects herself into high society. But even a well-to-do husband isn' t enough for Undine, whose overwhelming lust for wealth proves to be her undoing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 16, 2012
    ISBN9781464029271
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    Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Having grown up in an upper-class, tightly controlled society known as “Old New York” at a time when women were discouraged from achieving anything beyond a proper marriage, Wharton broke through these strictures to become one of that society’s fiercest critics as well as one of America’s greatest writers. The author of more than 40 books in 40 years, Wharton’s oeuvre includes classic works of American literature such as The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, and Ethan Frome, as well as authoritative works on architecture, gardens, interior design, and travel.

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    • 4/5
      Edith Wharton never disappoints. The main character was interesting, nauseatingly selfish but it made the book more interesting. I was hoping that she would have been taught a lesson in the end but unfortunately not so. I an guessing the story is really about Moffet and his pursuit of this selfish girl and manipulating her relations in some way to eventually get her back.
    • 3/5
      Boring but maybe better than romance of today. Yes, no doubt. Reader was excellent though and made it worthwhile as a pastime to listen to.