num_pages: 308
description: Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist.
language: English
title: The Custom of the Country
titlecomplete: The Custom of the Country
characters: Mabel Lipscomb, Laura Fairford, Abner Spragg, Peter Van Degen, Clare Van Degen, Elmer Moffatt, Raymond de Chelles, Undine Spragg, Claud Popple, Ralph Marvell, Leota Spragg, Charles Bowen
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 13171
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Barnes & Noble