Download or read book The Custom of the Country written by Edith Wharton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1913 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel was written in 1913. It tells of Undine Spragg, a beautiful young woman from the Midwest who arrives in New York to seek her fortune. She achieves her social ambitions -- but only at the highest cost to her family, her admirers and her several husbands.