TY - BOOK AU - Wharton,Edith TI - The Custom of the Country AV - PS PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction KW - Satire KW - Domestic fiction KW - Paris (France) -- Fiction KW - Upper class -- Fiction KW - Americans -- France -- Fiction KW - Remarried people -- Fiction KW - Divorced women -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Custom_of_the_Country; Release date is 2004-02-01; Produced by Steve Harris and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Custom of the Country" by Edith Wharton is a novel published in 1913. It follows Undine Spragg, a beautiful and ambitious young woman from the Midwest who arrives in New York City determined to climb the social ladder. Through a series of marriages and affairs, Undine ruthlessly pursues wealth, status, and glamour, leaving destruction in her wake. The novel chronicles her relentless ascent through American and European high society, revealing the costs of her insatiable desires. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11052 ER -