(Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American novelist, historian, and essayist.
Among Auchincloss's best-known books are the multi-generational sagas The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. Other well-known novels include The Rector of Justin, the tale of a renowned headmaster of a school like Groton trying to deal with changing times, and The Embezzler, a look at white-collar crime. Auchincloss is known for his closely observed portraits of old New York and New England society.
Novels
The Indifferent Children (1947)
Sybil (1952)
Law for the Lion (1953)
The Great World and Timothy Colt (1957)
Venus in Sparta (1958)
Pursuit of the Prodigal (1959)
House of Five Talents (1960)
The Rector of Justin (1960)
Watchfires (1960)
Portrait in Brownstone (1962)
The Embezzler (1966)
World of Profit (1969)
I Come As a Thief (1972)
The Book Class (1974)
The Dark Lady (1977)
The Country Cousin (1978)
The House of the Prophet (1980)
The Cat and the King (1981)
Exit Lady Masham (1983)
Honorable Men (1985)
Diary of a Yuppie (1986)
The Golden Calves (1988)
Fellow Passengers (1988)
Lady of Situations (1990)
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (1995)
Her Infinite Variety (2000)
The Scarlet Letters (2003)
East Side Story (2004)
The Headmaster's Dilemma (2007)
Last of the Old Guard (2008)
Sybil (1952)
Law for the Lion (1953)
The Great World and Timothy Colt (1957)
Venus in Sparta (1958)
Pursuit of the Prodigal (1959)
House of Five Talents (1960)
The Rector of Justin (1960)
Watchfires (1960)
Portrait in Brownstone (1962)
The Embezzler (1966)
World of Profit (1969)
I Come As a Thief (1972)
The Book Class (1974)
The Dark Lady (1977)
The Country Cousin (1978)
The House of the Prophet (1980)
The Cat and the King (1981)
Exit Lady Masham (1983)
Honorable Men (1985)
Diary of a Yuppie (1986)
The Golden Calves (1988)
Fellow Passengers (1988)
Lady of Situations (1990)
The Education of Oscar Fairfax (1995)
Her Infinite Variety (2000)
The Scarlet Letters (2003)
East Side Story (2004)
The Headmaster's Dilemma (2007)
Last of the Old Guard (2008)
Omnibus
Collections
The Injustice Collectors (1951)
The Romantic Egotists (1954)
The Unholy Three (1955)
Powers of Attorney (1963)
Tales of Manhattan (1967)
Second Chance (1970)
The Partners (1974)
The Winthrop Covenant (1976)
Narcissa and Other Fables (1983)
Skinny Island (1987)
False Gods (1992)
Three Lives (1993)
Tales of Yesteryear (1994)
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss (1994)
The Atonement (1997)
Civil Wars (1999)
The Anniversary (1999)
Manhattan Monologues (2002)
The Young Apollo (2006)
The Friend of Women (2007)
The Romantic Egotists (1954)
The Unholy Three (1955)
Powers of Attorney (1963)
Tales of Manhattan (1967)
Second Chance (1970)
The Partners (1974)
The Winthrop Covenant (1976)
Narcissa and Other Fables (1983)
Skinny Island (1987)
False Gods (1992)
Three Lives (1993)
Tales of Yesteryear (1994)
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss (1994)
The Atonement (1997)
Civil Wars (1999)
The Anniversary (1999)
Manhattan Monologues (2002)
The Young Apollo (2006)
The Friend of Women (2007)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Cases and Materials On Law of Contracts (1960)
Edith Wharton (1961)
Reflections of a Jacobite (1961)
Ellen Glasgow (1964)
The World of Henry James (1964)
Pioneers and Caretakers (1965)
Motiveless Malignity (1970)
Henry Adams (1971)
Richelieu (1972)
Reading Henry James (1975)
Introduction to Anglo-American law (1977)
A Writer's Capital (1979)
Persons of Consequence (1979)
Life, Law and Letters (1979)
Three Perfect Novels (1981)
Maverick in Mauve (1983)
A Writer's Use of Fact in Fiction (1984)
False Dawn (1984)
The Vanderbilt Era (1989)
The Hone and Strong Diaries of Old Manhattan (1989)
J.P. Morgan (1990)
Love Without Wings (1991)
The Style's the Man (1994)
Newport Remembered (1994)
La Gloire (1996)
The Man Behind the Book (1996)
Woodrow Wilson (2000)
Theodore Roosevelt (2002)
Forging a New Nation: 1765-1790 (2002)
Hawthorne Revisited (2004)
Writers and Personality (2005)
Woodrow Wilson: A Life (2009)
A Voice from Old New York (2010)
Edith Wharton (1961)
Reflections of a Jacobite (1961)
Ellen Glasgow (1964)
The World of Henry James (1964)
Pioneers and Caretakers (1965)
Motiveless Malignity (1970)
Henry Adams (1971)
Richelieu (1972)
Reading Henry James (1975)
Introduction to Anglo-American law (1977)
A Writer's Capital (1979)
Persons of Consequence (1979)
Life, Law and Letters (1979)
Three Perfect Novels (1981)
Maverick in Mauve (1983)
A Writer's Use of Fact in Fiction (1984)
False Dawn (1984)
The Vanderbilt Era (1989)
The Hone and Strong Diaries of Old Manhattan (1989)
J.P. Morgan (1990)
Love Without Wings (1991)
The Style's the Man (1994)
Newport Remembered (1994)
La Gloire (1996)
The Man Behind the Book (1996)
Woodrow Wilson (2000)
Theodore Roosevelt (2002)
Forging a New Nation: 1765-1790 (2002)
Hawthorne Revisited (2004)
Writers and Personality (2005)
Woodrow Wilson: A Life (2009)
A Voice from Old New York (2010)
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