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Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010)

Auteur van The Rector of Justin

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Louis Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in New York. He attended Groton College and Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War ll. A practicing attorney, Auchincloss wrote his first novel, "The toon meer Indifferent Children," in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee, establishing a dual career as a successful lawyer and writer. Born into a socially prominent family, Auchincloss generally writes about society's upper class. Strong family connections, well-bred manners, and corporate boardrooms are subject matter in such novels as "Portrait in Brownstone" and "I Come As a Thief." He has also written several biographical and critical works on such notable writers as Edith Wharton and Henry James. Auchincloss was President of the Museum of the City of New York. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: photo by Tom Cogill from Cullen Couch's 2005 article at UVA Lawyer

Werken van Louis Auchincloss

The Rector of Justin (1964) 506 exemplaren
Theodore Roosevelt (2001) 191 exemplaren
Woodrow Wilson (2000) 180 exemplaren
The Embezzler (1966) 147 exemplaren
East Side Story: A Novel (2004) 128 exemplaren
Diary of a Yuppie (1987) 107 exemplaren
The Winthrop Covenant (1492) 104 exemplaren
Tales of Manhattan (1967) 98 exemplaren
Portrait in Brownstone (1656) 98 exemplaren
A Voice From Old New York (2010) 91 exemplaren
The Book Class (1984) 88 exemplaren
A World of Profit (1968) 88 exemplaren
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (1995) 83 exemplaren
Manhattan Monologues (2002) 78 exemplaren
Exit Lady Masham (1983) 76 exemplaren
The Partners (1974) 72 exemplaren
Powers of Attorney (1777) 69 exemplaren
The Headmaster's Dilemma (2007) 67 exemplaren
Her Infinite Variety: A Novel (2000) 64 exemplaren
I Come As A Thief (1972) 58 exemplaren
The House of the Prophet (1980) 57 exemplaren
Tales of Yesteryear (1994) 54 exemplaren
The Golden Calves (1988) 52 exemplaren
Last of the Old Guard (2008) 51 exemplaren
The Man Behind the Book: Literary Profiles (1996) — Auteur — 50 exemplaren
Honorable Men (1985) 49 exemplaren
The Cruise of the Vanadis (2004) — Voorwoord — 47 exemplaren
The Dark Lady (1977) 47 exemplaren
The Lady of Situations (1990) 46 exemplaren
The Cat & The King (1981) 45 exemplaren
False Gods (1992) 43 exemplaren
The House of Five Talents (1960) 43 exemplaren
THREE LIVES CL (1993) 40 exemplaren
Watchfires (1982) 33 exemplaren
Edith Wharton Reader (1965) — Redacteur — 32 exemplaren
A Writer's Capital (1974) 31 exemplaren
The Country Cousin (1978) 31 exemplaren
The Injustice Collectors (1950) 28 exemplaren
Reading Henry James (1975) 27 exemplaren
The Atonement and Other Stories (1997) 26 exemplaren
The Anniversary and Other Stories (1999) 25 exemplaren
The Great World and Timothy Colt (1956) 22 exemplaren
The Indifferent Children (1947) 21 exemplaren
Pursuit of the Prodigal (1959) 21 exemplaren
Narcissa and Other Fables (1983) 18 exemplaren
Sybil (1951) 18 exemplaren
Richelieu (A Studio book) (1972) 17 exemplaren
Venus in Sparta (1959) 15 exemplaren
Fables of wit and elegance (1972) 12 exemplaren
A Law for the Lion (1953) 12 exemplaren
Motiveless malignity (1969) 10 exemplaren
Writers And Personality (2005) 10 exemplaren
The romantic egoists (1954) 8 exemplaren
Henry Adams (1971) 7 exemplaren
Reflections of a Jacobite (1961) 4 exemplaren
Edith Wharton (1961) 4 exemplaren
Pa's Darling 1 exemplaar
The Warden 1 exemplaar
2006 1 exemplaar
Woodrow Wilson 1 exemplaar

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I found it fun for the first three-quarters of the book, in a can't-believe-these-characters-and-their-scheming kind of entertaining way. But then I got to the last section, where the scheming became mean and ratcheted up quite a bit. It seemed, to me, very different from what came before. Political whisper campaigns and Joe McCarthy influences tainted it all for me. It wasn't just a good read to pass the time, anymore. The last section contains an unforgettable, though very brief, suicide scene. Reading this also reminded me that I need to have a dictionary at hand whenever I read Auchincloss (odalisque, exiguous, vicereine, to name a few).… (meer)
 
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ReadMeAnother | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 23, 2024 |
Cayman 2024 - #9 - Not one of my favorite Auchincloss......while he has great insight into the world of high-end financial lawyering and the office politics that go along, this tale of morality left me sort of empty.....all of the players involved in the dilemmas of legal vs. moral and/or ethical were not people i could care much about. They all seemed to have their good points....but not enough to get me on their side to cheer. The accompanying love story was slightly unrealistic, and again....I struggled to care. (I liked the E-Type Jaguar on the cover! Although it was never mentioned in the book!) So, while i still love the Auchincloss style....and i still have many to read....this one will land relatively far down my list of favorites.… (meer)
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jeffome | Feb 6, 2024 |
Good read - 50 ft view with brief chapters and therefore limited details
 
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