The Custom of the Country

<b>The classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver</b><br><br> Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undine’s quest for power and position—and in her elusive search for happiness.<br><br> A biting satire from one of America’s greatest writers, <i>The Custom of the Country </i>features a compelling and driven antiheroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery. <b>The classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver</b><br><br> Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undine’s quest for power and position—and in her elusive search for happiness.<br><br> A biting satire from one of America’s greatest writers, <i>The Custom of the Country </i>features a compelling and driven antiheroine, a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women, and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery.