Louis Auchincloss
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Language
English
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Description
This New York Times–bestselling author’s story collection “displays consistent excellence in observing the spheres of art, law, money and society” (Publishers Weekly).
Whether set in the world of Wall Street, the nineteenth-century Virginia aristocracy, or a boys’ school in New England, the short stories of Louis Auchincloss reveal a remarkable insight into the things that drive...
Whether set in the world of Wall Street, the nineteenth-century Virginia aristocracy, or a boys’ school in New England, the short stories of Louis Auchincloss reveal a remarkable insight into the things that drive...
Author
Language
English
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Description
The book class was started by twelve manhattan debutantes in 1908. Over an elegant lunch they would meet to discuss a selected title, a custom they upheld monthly for over sixty years. They were intelligent and diverse women, wives and daughters of wealthy and powerful men, who themselves ran New York society. Without betraying their proper upbringing and perfect manners, their lives unfold, revealing intimate moments of turmoil far greater than anything...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Description
177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Michael Sayre, the headmaster of Averhill, an exclusive New England prep school, confronts a lawsuit brought by the parents of one of his students, as well as an erosion of support on the part of the board of trustees and senior faculty members.
10) Woodrow Wilson
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Description
128 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
12) Ellen Glasgow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1964]
Physical Description
48 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
