The Custom of the Country (Modern Library Torchbearers)

ISBN: 0375758070

Author: Wharton, Edith

Condition: New

The 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 MirrorAmbitious 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.A biting satire from one of Americas greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features a compelling and ruthless heroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery.The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance: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 VILLETTE