Name: The Custom of the Country (Penguin Vitae)
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Author: Sofia Coppola
ISBN: 9780143137207

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The Custom of the Country (Penguin Vitae)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Introduction by

Preface by

Publisher

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.4 x 3.2 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9780143137207

Synopsis "The Custom of the Country (Penguin Vitae) "

Wharton's sly and delicious novel about the ambitious social ascent of Undine Spragg, now in a Penguin Vitae edition, with a foreword by Sofia Coppola A Penguin Vitae Edition Considered 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.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton was born in New York in 1862. Her maiden name was Edith Newbold Jones. Her family was upper class, comparable to European aristocracy, and consequently she received a meticulous private education. In 1907, she settled in France, where she became a disciple and friend of Henry James. Her most famous work is The Age of Innocence, published in 1920 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. She is considered the most brilliant American novelist of her generation, admired by intellectuals of the stature of Henry James, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Cocteau, and Ernest Hemingway.

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Sofia Coppola

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Sofia Coppola is an American director, screenwriter, and producer born on May 14, 1971, in New York. Daughter of the famous director Francis Ford Coppola, she initially stood out as an actress in film and television before focusing on directing.

Her first major success as a director was Lost in Translation (2003), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Throughout her career, she has explored themes of alienation, women's lives, and nostalgia, with films like Marie Antoinette (2006) and The Virgin Suicides (1999).

Coppola has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary cinema, appreciated for her unique visual style and focus on complex characters.

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