Louis Auchincloss Quotes

Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money. His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. He wrote his novels initially under the name Andrew Lee, the name of an ancestor who cursed any descendant who drank or smoked. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. September 1917 – 26. January 2010
Louis Auchincloss photo
Louis Auchincloss: 1   quote 0   likes

Louis Auchincloss Quotes

Similar authors

Christopher Morley photo
Christopher Morley 30
American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet
Marcel Proust photo
Marcel Proust 41
French novelist, critic, and essayist
Romain Rolland photo
Romain Rolland 43
French author
Herta Müller photo
Herta Müller 28
German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist
Paul Valéry photo
Paul Valéry 89
French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Svetlana Alexievich photo
Svetlana Alexievich 8
Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose w…
Emil M. Cioran photo
Emil M. Cioran 531
Romanian philosopher and essayist
Julio Cortázar photo
Julio Cortázar 29
Argentinian writer
Edward Abbey photo
Edward Abbey 146
American author and essayist
Olavo de Carvalho photo
Olavo de Carvalho 6
Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy