The Custom of the Country
by Edith Wharton
Taste attributes: dramaromancefresh & originalrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringsocial commentaryself destruction/implosiontroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect an emotional, realistic novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, recently arrived in New York from the Midwest and determined to conquer high society.
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- Edith Wharton
- Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 386
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