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        <title><![CDATA[Most of Wharton's work is to point out the ridiculous lifestyle of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most of Wharton's work is to point out the ridiculous lifestyle of the rich and famous in her era.  They do things without knowing the reasons...only because they have always been done that way.  Silly, really.  Wharton was a rebel in her own right, writing books for one (considered a lowly occupation for anyone of her social status, but especially for a woman).  Her books include decorating advice books to social criticisms.
In The Custom...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does society shape the individual in Wharton's "The Custom of the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does society shape the individual in Wharton's "The Custom of the Country"?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[does undine change  or develop throuhout the novel?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[does undine change  or develop throuhout the novel?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Though an undine, in folklore, was a water spirit, Undine Spragg was...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Though an undine, in folklore, was a water spirit, Undine Spragg was named, indirectly, for the French word ondule, meaning "to wave" or "to undulate".  The word was from the name of a patent hair curler invented by the baby Undine's grandfather around the time of her birth.  So, Undine's name is the combination of American commercialism, a mythical being, and a French word for "wave."  These many layers of meaning enlighten the reader to...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does Undine's name mean?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does Undine's name mean?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A "novel of manners" is a subset of the novel form, but it does...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A "novel of manners" is a subset of the novel form, but it does not preclude a work from being a classic.  "If, as in the writings of Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and John P. Marquand, a realistic novel focuses on the customs, conversation, and ways of thinking and valuing of the upper social class, it is often called a novel of manners. " (Abrams 200)
The Custom of the Country certainly falls within this definition.  Undine, who comes from...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton fit the definition of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton fit the definition of a novel of manners?]]></description>
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