The Custom of the Country
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The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton that satirically portrays American society and social climbing through the ruthless ambitions of its heroine, Undine Spragg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Custom of the Country canonical | 2 |
| The Custom of the Country (television adaptation project) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4035512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Custom of the Country Context triple: [Edith Wharton, notableWork, The Custom of the Country]
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A.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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B.
House of Mirth
House of Mirth is a 2000 period drama film adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, starring Gillian Anderson as socialite Lily Bart in Gilded Age New York.
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C.
The Heiress
The Heiress is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, best known for its satirical portrayal of wealth, marriage, and social ambition in Georgian high society.
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D.
The Heiress
The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film, adapted from a stage play based on Henry James's novel "Washington Square," renowned for Olivia de Havilland's Academy Award-winning performance.
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E.
The Leisure Class
The Leisure Class is a dark comedy film about a con artist infiltrating a wealthy family, produced by Pearl Street Films and developed from an HBO Project Greenlight season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Custom of the Country Target entity description: The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton that satirically portrays American society and social climbing through the ruthless ambitions of its heroine, Undine Spragg.
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A.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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B.
House of Mirth
House of Mirth is a 2000 period drama film adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, starring Gillian Anderson as socialite Lily Bart in Gilded Age New York.
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C.
The Heiress
The Heiress is an 18th-century comedic play by British general and playwright John Burgoyne, best known for its satirical portrayal of wealth, marriage, and social ambition in Georgian high society.
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D.
The Heiress
The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film, adapted from a stage play based on Henry James's novel "Washington Square," renowned for Olivia de Havilland's Academy Award-winning performance.
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E.
The Leisure Class
The Leisure Class is a dark comedy film about a con artist infiltrating a wealthy family, produced by Pearl Street Films and developed from an HBO Project Greenlight season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Edith Wharton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | regarded as one of Edith Wharton’s most biting social satires ⓘ |
| depicts |
American expatriates in Europe
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Gilded Age society ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | magazine ⓘ |
| follows | The Reef ⓘ |
| genre |
novel of manners
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Custom of the Country (television adaptation project)
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linked to:
The Custom of the Country
|
| hasCharacter |
Clare Van Degen
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Elmer Spragg ⓘ Paul Marvell ⓘ Peter Van Degen ⓘ Ralph Marvell ⓘ Raymond de Chelles ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterTrait |
ruthless ambition
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social opportunism ⓘ |
| includedIn | Edith Wharton’s major novels ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of social climbing heroines in literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
naturalism
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realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Undine Spragg ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of American marriage market
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portrayal of transatlantic social relations ⓘ unsentimental portrayal of its heroine ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPlace |
New York
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linked to:
New York City
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| precedes | Summer ⓘ |
| protagonist | Undine Spragg ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting |
American high society
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New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | rise of a Midwestern girl in New York society ⓘ |
| theme |
American upper class
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ambition ⓘ consumerism ⓘ marriage and divorce ⓘ materialism ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Custom of the Country Description of subject: The Custom of the Country is a 1913 novel by Edith Wharton that satirically portrays American society and social climbing through the ruthless ambitions of its heroine, Undine Spragg.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Custom of the Country
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hasAdaptation
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The Custom of the Country (television adaptation project)
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linked to: The Custom of the Country