The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton Audiobook

Written by Edith Wharton
Read by Lorna Rover
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publication date Mar 16, 2011
Running time 17 hrs
Published by Tantor Media, Inc.

Full Synopsis

From New York to Europe, the apartments of the nouveau riche to ancient French estates, Edith Wharton tells the story of Undine Spragg, a girl from a Midwestern town with unquenchable social aspirations. Though Undine is narcissistic, pampered, and incredibly selfish, she is a beguiling heroine whose marital initiation into New York high society from its trade-wealthy fringes is only the beginning of her relentless ambitions. Wharton weaves an elaborate plot that renders a detailed depiction of upper-class social behavior in the early twentieth century. By utilizing a character with inexorable greed in a novel of manners, she demonstrates some of the customs of a modern age and posits a surprising explanation for divorce and the social role of women, which still resonates for the modern audience today.