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The Custom of the Country
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0,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Jovian Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 20.12.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781537807973 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 557 |
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Beschreibungen
Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, Wharton affords us a detailed glimpse of what might be called the interior décor of this America and its nouveau riche fringes. Through a heroine who is as vain, spoiled, and selfish as she is irresistibly fascinating, and through a most intricate and satisfying plot that follows Undine's marriages and affairs, she conveys a vision of social behavior that is both supremely informed and supremely disenchanted
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