{"product_id":"9781622365869","title":"The Greatest Works of Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country - Leatherbound Edition","description":"In a culture dominated by men who refuse to take women seriously, excluding them from the real business of life, Undine Spragg strikes out to discover how far beauty and daring can carry her.\u003cp\u003eShe uses her attractiveness like a blunt instrument and clubs her way up the social ladder with a series of increasingly advantageous marriages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is the small town girl made good, the rustic who outsmarts New York society and moves on to continental princelings.  There seems to be no limit to her conquests, but happiness evades her.  We can predict her fall, but are powerless to intervene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliantly written. It should be read as a parable.\" (Saturday Review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greatest Books Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49789215113456,"sku":"9781622365869","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781622365869","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}