Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010)
Auteur de The Rector of Justin
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: photo by Tom Cogill from Cullen Couch's 2005 article at UVA Lawyer
Œuvres de Louis Auchincloss
The Style's the Man: Reflections on Proust, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Vidal, and Others (1994) 39 exemplaires
Family Fortunes: The Rector of Justin/the House of Five Talents/Portrait in Brownstone (1993) 31 exemplaires
Deborah Turbeville's Newport Remembered: A Photographic Portrait of a Gilded Past (1994) 29 exemplaires
Civil Wars: Three Tales of Od New York. One of 175 copies in half-bound crushed morocco binding. 2 exemplaires
SIGNED Louis Auchincloss DIARY OF A YUPPIE 1986 Franklin Library Leather 1stEd [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplaire
La Casa de los cinco talentos 1 exemplaire
Edith Wharton A Woman in Her Time 1 exemplaire
The Warden 1 exemplaire
Rare SIGNED Limited Edition Louis Auchincloss The Rector of Justin Franklin 1977 (1977) 1 exemplaire
2006 1 exemplaire
Pa's Darling 1 exemplaire
The Legends of Henry Everett (in Law in Lit) 1 exemplaire
Woodrow Wilson 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contributeur — 466 exemplaires
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family (1944) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 383 exemplaires
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contributeur — 367 exemplaires
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contributeur — 93 exemplaires
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contributeur — 54 exemplaires
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection - Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Criticism (1953) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
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Best Legal Stories — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Nom légal
- Auchincloss, Louis Stanton
- Date de naissance
- 1917-09-27
- Date de décès
- 2010-01-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Lawrence, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- complications of a stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Études
- University of Virginia (LL.B.|1941)
Yale University
Groton School - Professions
- lawyer
novelist
historian
essayist - Relations
- Lawrence, Adele (wife)
Rives, Amelie (friend) - Organisations
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association (1941)
Century Association (tout afficher 7)
United States Navy Reserve - Prix et distinctions
- National Medal of Arts (2005)
Phi Beta Kappa
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1965)
Membres
Critiques
The Rector of Justin (Modern Library) par Louis Auchincloss
Beautifully written.
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).… (plus d'informations)
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.… (plus d'informations)
Good read - 50 ft view with brief chapters and therefore limited details
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 91
- Aussi par
- 31
- Membres
- 4,278
- Popularité
- #5,875
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 91
- ISBN
- 276
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 16
