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    The Custom of the Country

    By Edith Wharton

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    The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by American Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCervantes Digital
    Release dateAug 30, 2020
    ISBN9788835886419
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    Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a distinguished New York family and was educated privately in the United States and abroad. Among her best-known work is Ethan Frome (1911), which is considered her greatest tragic story, The House of Mirth (1905), and The Age of Innocence (1920), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

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