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BL
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1034298
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b788668
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| Title & Author
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Edith Wharton's The custom of the country : : a reassessment /\ edited by Laura Rattray.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Pickering & Chatto,, 2010.
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| Series Statement
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Gender and genre ;; no. 3
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 198 pages)
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| ISBN
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1851961747
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: 9781851961740
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1851962247
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9781851962242
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-192) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements -- Editorial note -- List of contributors -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1. The custom of the country -- 2. When the reading had to stop -- 3. 'Don't cry -- it ain't that kind of a story ' -- 4. Worst parents ever -- 5. Crude ascending the staircase -- 6. 'It's better to watch ' -- 7. A 'Mist of opopanax ' -- 8. Landscape with the fall of Undine -- 9. Girls from the Provinces -- 10. Men at work in The custom of the country -- 11. 'Lost in translation ' -- Notes -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Bringing together leading Wharton scholars from the UK, Europe, and North America, this volume offers the first ever collection of essays on Edith Wharton's 1913 tour de force, The Custom of the Country.
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| Subject
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Wharton, Edith,1862-1937., Custom of the country.
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American literature-- 20th century.
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American literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.52
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| LC Classification
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PS3545.H16C87 2010eb
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| Added Entry
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Rattray, Laura.
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