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  2. Intro. The Custom of the Country Summary. Next. Chapter 1. Undine Spragg lives with her parents, Mr. Spragg and Mrs. Spragg, at a hotel in New York City called the Stentorian. It has a view of Fifth Avenue, but it isn’t quite part of that fashionable area.

  3. The Custom of the Country. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.

  4. Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. Undine Spragg, who moves to New York from Apex City with her parents, is in the city for two years without being accepted into society. Her opportunity comes at...

  5. Synopsis. The Spraggs, a family of newly wealthy midwesterners from Apex, arrive in New York City to advantageously marry off their beautiful, ambitious, and temperamental daughter Undine. Attracted to glamour and extravagance Undine has a hard time making inroads into the high status old money social circles she wishes to enter.

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    • October 1913
  6. Undine Spraggs is a precious, capable young woman. She convinces her family to move from a small town in the midwest all the way to bustling New York City. Immediately she bids her family goodbye in order to marry a socialite from a formerly wealthy family, Ralph Marvell.

  7. The Custom of the Country. Edith Wharton, Linda Wagner-Martin (Editor) 4.06. 14,107 ratings1,630 reviews. Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's epic work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class.

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