Publisher's Synopsis
Undine Spraggs is a precious, capable young girl. She convinces her family to transport from a small metropolis in the Midwest all the manner to bustling New York City. Immediately she bids her family goodbye on the way to marry a socialite from a previously wealthy family, Ralph Marvell. She dreams all of the advantages of having married wealthy, but she soon discovers that Marvell is simply now not financially equipped to provide for her taste in that way. She quickly grows tired of married life, detesting her in-legal guidelines, resenting her husband, and feeling sorry for herself. She gives beginning to a son, Paul, however slightly will pay him any interest.Undine takes a trip to Europe, leaving Paul and Ralph at the back of. She starts an affair with Peter Van Degen, a wealthy man over there. He's really a mutual acquaintance of Ralph's considering that he is married to Ralph's cousin, Clare. Needless to say their dating is going nowhere rapid, however Undine attempts to entice him into marrying her by way of immediately divorcing Ralph and telling him the entirety. Peter, however, is not able to divorce Clare, and dismisses Undine. She's now a widow without a prospects, so her movements lower back to the States and the Midwest specifically.
