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The Custom of the Country : New York Public Library Collector's Edition (New York Public Library Collector's Editions)
The Custom of the Country New York Public Library Collector's Edition - New York Public Library Collector's Editions
Author: Edith Wharton
With the publication of this controversial novel, Edith Wharton leveled her most biting critique at the limitations that her society placed upon the ambitious woman. — The Custom of the Country--which Harold Bloom, among others, considers her strongest achievement--takes its name from Fletcher and Massinger's Jacobean play about a medieval...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385487238
ISBN-10: 0385487231
Publication Date: 10/20/1998
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
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I loved it! A true anti-heroine, narcissistic, caring only about fashion, beauty, and her own selfish needs. Wharton paints a picture of high society women--and doesn't like what she sees.


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