In today’s episode, we’re wrapping up Wharton in Winter with a conversation about The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. We focus on Undine and question whether she’s a signature unlikable heroine or an anti-hero. Our conversation also digs into the other dynamic characters, themes of motherhood, greed, marriage, business, and Edith’s incredible writing. Every plot point builds to a bigger narrative in this timely classic. At the end of the episode, we share our complementary pairings , and we hope you add one to your TBR pile!
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Shows Mentioned:
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Selling Sunset
Downton Abbey
Books Mentioned:
Italo Calvino
Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Emma by Jane Austen
Free Food For Millionares by Min Jun Lee
These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz
One Woman Show by Christine Coulson
Wahala by Nikki May
Trust by Hernan Diaz
132. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
131. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
130. Backlist book pairings for an abundant Autumn reading season
129. What is public scholarship?
128. Hot takes on the buzzy books of last summer
127. 1920s classics to challenge and delight your To Be Read list
126. Leaving a Legacy: The Odyssey in modern literature
125. How to find literary allusions
124. Diving into The Odyssey with Emily Wilson
123. The Odyssey: Return to the Aegean
122. The Wild Book by Juan Villoro
121. Sensational summer book releases paired with satisfying backlist reads
120. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
119. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
118. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
117. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
116. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
115. Enticing spring book releases for your To Be Read list
114. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
113. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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