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Wharton's glittering satire of the newly affluent in Old New York 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. BACKCOVER: “As long as men and women seek to use each otherand to use each other badlyEdith Wharton can be counted upon to provide the ideal commentary.” Anita BrooknerElizabeth HardwickEdith Wharton's finest achievement. 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, rec

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Author

EDITH WHARTON, Wharton, Edith, Edith Wharton

Publisher

C. Scribner's Sons

Published

1941

Language

EN

ISBN

9780553904444

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.02 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14