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Book Title: Custom of the Country (1913). by: Edith Wharton : Novel. It Tells the Story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern Girl Who Attempts to Ascend in New York City Society
Number of Pages: 242 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: General
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Author: Edith Warton
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
