{"product_id":"the-custom-of-the-country-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"The Custom of the Country: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSofia Coppola\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eSarah Blackwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWharton'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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e (1862-1937) was born Edith Newbold Jones. A member of a distinguished New York family, she was educated privately in America and abroad. During her life, she published more than forty volumes: novels, stories, verse, essays, travel books, and memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSofia Coppola\u003c\/b\u003e is a director, producer and screenwriter. Her films include \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eMarie Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Bling Ring\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Beguiled\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and \u003ci\u003eOn the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). She won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation.\u003c\/i\u003e She has written an adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Custom of the Country.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Blackwood\u003c\/b\u003e is co-founder and co-editor of the Avidly Reads short book series with NYU Press. She is currently Chair of the Department of English at Pace University. Her writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hairpin\u003c\/i\u003e. Blackwood is the introducer to the Penguin Classics edition of Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence.\u003c\/i\u003e \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.43 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52019888980269,"sku":"9780143137214","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-custom-of-the-country-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback-9915067.webp?v=1777439708","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-custom-of-the-country-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}