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Fiction, Old and New Book Discussion March 3
By Alicia Waters | February 17, 2016
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 9 pm the Fiction, Old and New Book Discussion Group will be talking about Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. Talking Books Plus (TBP) members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. TBP members who are not already BARD members may sign up for download service at BARD.
Request DB30820.
Length: 15 hours 35 minutes
Narrator: Adale O’Brien
Below is a description of the book taken from the Rhode Island TBP Catalog –
The author considered this book, written in 1913, her finest work. Undine Spragg from Apex, Kansas, climbs her way to the top of New York and Paris society. Her emptiness and artificiality are a metaphor for America’s materialism and superficial culture.
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