The Custom of the Country LIFESTYLE So her decision to divorce

So her decision to divorce him now is made with a heavy heart

'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK'Ingenious' THE TIMES

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he gives himself up to sweet surrender

The Custom of the Country LIFESTYLE So her decision to divorceWharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition 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