The Custom of the Country

Edith Wharton

Pennguin Classic

2006

331 páginas

11h 2m

ISBN-10: 1846376319

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.

Resenhas (2)

3 (Bom)

"four divorces?" god forbid a woman know what she wants

"what undine really enjoyed was the image of her own charm mirroed in the general admiration"

sempre acho muito interessante as perpectivas que a edith wharton tinha da elite nova iorquina, tão ambiciosa, tão desiludida, tão puritana, e tão presa à sua própria tragédia. de começo eu achei que a história era sobre o desejo mortal da undine de ascender socialmente, mas na verdade é um livro bem mais profundo sobre divórcio e como a sociedade via isso, principalmente tendo uma mulher no papel principal com o descontentamento matrimonial (a diva teve quatro divórcios). fui fã de algumas partes e de outras nem tanto (tipo as cenas em paris), mas gostei de um modo geral. eu realmente fico imaginando os amigos da edith wharton lendo os livros dela e falando "wait, is this a fucking play about us?"