The classic satire of New York society and the American Dream through the misadventures of an insatiable young striver—with an introduction by Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror. Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping stone in Undine’s quest for power and position—and her elusive search for happiness. A biting satire from one of America’s greatest writers, The Custom of the Country features an antihero as compelling and driven as Scarlett O’Hara; a sharp-eyed critique of the marriage market and its objectification of women; and a knowing send-up of Gilded Age snobbery.