The Custom of the Country - A Novel of Ambition, Society, and the Price of Success
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
20.03.2018
Verlag
Smk BooksSeitenzahl
372
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2 cm
Gewicht
538 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-5154-1764-4
A penetrating novel of ambition, social ascent, and moral vacancy within the structures of early twentieth-century American and European society. In The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton traces the career of Undine Spragg, a determined and socially ambitious young woman whose relentless pursuit of status exposes the mechanisms and limitations of wealth, marriage, and reputation. Wharton presents a sharply observed portrait of a society governed by appearance and transaction, where personal relationships are shaped by advantage and mobility is both possible and corrosive. Through Undine's successive reinventions, the novel examines the costs of social ambition-not only for the individual, but for the institutions that sustain it. The narrative moves between New York and Paris, contrasting emerging American wealth with established European traditions, and revealing tensions between new money, old systems, and shifting cultural values. A central work in Wharton's exploration of class and social order, The Custom of the Country remains a precise and unsparing study of character and environment. Its controlled prose and analytical clarity place it firmly within the tradition of literary realism, offering enduring insight into the relationship between ambition, identity, and social structure.
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