The Custom of the Country
Written by Edith Wharton
Narrated by Barbara Caruso
4.5/5
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Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was born in 1862 to a prominent and wealthy New York family. In 1885 she married Boston socialite 'Teddy' Wharton but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1913. The couple travelled frequently to Europe and settled in France, where Wharton stayed until her death in 1937. Her first major novel was The House of Mirth (1905); many short stories, travel books, memoirs and novels followed, including Ethan Frome (1911) and The Reef (1912). She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature with The Age of Innocence (1920) and she was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was also decorated for her humanitarian work during the First World War.
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Reviews for The Custom of the Country
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Edith Wharton never disappoints. The main character was interesting, nauseatingly selfish but it made the book more interesting. I was hoping that she would have been taught a lesson in the end but unfortunately not so. I an guessing the story is really about Moffet and his pursuit of this selfish girl and manipulating her relations in some way to eventually get her back.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Boring but maybe better than romance of today. Yes, no doubt. Reader was excellent though and made it worthwhile as a pastime to listen to.