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Jonathan Emmesedi<p>I recently enjoyed Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country". With its settings in the US and France, this 1913 work bears some thematic resemblance to the international novels of Henry James. Wharton's work, though, does not foreshadow the modernist use of stream of consciousness as does the later work of James; stylistically, Wharton is working with in the tradition of realism, so that one can associate her with William Dean Howells as much as with James.</p><p>Writing in this realist tradition and, as one might expect from the author of a pioneering work on interior decoration, scrutinizing in detail dwellings and their contents, Wharton narrates the merciless struggle of midwestern transplant to New York Undine Spragg for upward social mobility. Architecture, furnishings, decor, dress, and accessories not only reflect social and psychological states but also serve to pivot the plot.</p><p>I suspect Americans and Europeans, men and women, and young and old will react variously to the novel. I was impressed by its shrewd observation of manners and mores, impressed by its wit and irony, and gripped by the narrative of the odious protagonist's irrepressible social ascent. I remember reading somewhere that "Downton Abbey" creator and beneficiary of a Conservative title hand-out Julian Fellowes was rooting for Undine all the way; that tells us as much about Tory peers as Wharton's work. </p><p>I bought the Penguin Classics edition, pictured in this post. I recommend purchasing another edition, as pages fell out of this brand new book as if it were a cheap pulp paperback of old. What a disappointment! </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TheCustomOfTheCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCustomOfTheCountry</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdithWharton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdithWharton</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Realism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Realism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Novels</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiteratureInEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteratureInEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PenguinBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinBooks</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/InternationalNovels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalNovels</span></a></p>
IBBoard<p>Pratchett's "Night Watch" is becoming a Penguin Modern Classic, complete with Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" as a cover!</p><p><a href="https://terrypratchett.com/news/terry-pratchett-penguin-classic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">terrypratchett.com/news/terry-</span><span class="invisible">pratchett-penguin-classic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PenguinBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinBooks</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>DAY 10 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookCovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCovers</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/20books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/20books20days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20books20days</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCover</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gormenghast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gormenghast</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishWriter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BritishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverIllustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverIllustration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cover_Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cover_Art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mystery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TitusGroan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TitusGroan</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MervynPeake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MervynPeake</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GothicLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GothicLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlternativeReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeReality</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FantasyLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyLiterature</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/PaperbackCovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaperbackCovers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Paperbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paperbacks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PaperbackBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaperbackBooks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PenguinBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinBooks</span></a></p>
raphael<p>sometimes, you spend half the evening making a silly <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a>, and when you look upon what you wrought, you realise the amount of people in the entire world for whom it is funny, besides yourself, might just be in the very low double digits.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/lovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lovecraft</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/necronomicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>necronomicon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/pelicanbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pelicanbooks</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/penguinbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penguinbooks</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/jantschichold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jantschichold</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9781250284303" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penguinbookshop.com/book/97812</span><span class="invisible">50284303</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PenguinBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinBooks</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CobaltRed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CobaltRed</span></a>: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives <br>by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SiddarthKara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiddarthKara</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459174/the-everything-war-by-mattioli-dana/9781911709565" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penguin.co.uk/books/459174/the</span><span class="invisible">-everything-war-by-mattioli-dana/9781911709565</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PenguinBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinBooks</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheEverythingWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheEverythingWar</span></a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>'s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power <br>by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DanaMattioli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanaMattioli</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>I could have really used this book, back in 2016 when we crossed into our current timeline.</p><p>Anyone else?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/penguinbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penguinbooks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/alternatetimeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternatetimeline</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>