The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton

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nThe classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver--with an introduction by Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror n Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undines quest for power and position--and in her elusive search for happiness. n n A biting satire from one of Americas greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features an antiheroine as compelling and driven as Scarlett OHara, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery. n n The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance: n n AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES - THE AWAKENING - THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY - THE HEADS OF CERBERUS - LADY AUDLEYS SECRET - LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS - PASSING - THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN - VILLETTEn

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