Obituaries
In fiction and nonfiction, he chronicled the patrician class of the United States.
Jan. 27, 2010
Books
THE STYLE’S THE MAN: Reflections on Proust, Fitzgerald, Wharton, Vidal, and Others by Louis Auchincloss (Charles Scribner’s Sons: $21; 177 pp.).
Nov. 27, 1994
In his survey of Louis Auchincloss’ work, Christopher Dahl shrewdly remarks that Auchincloss “may be at his best when he writes about the past,” and that for his “most acute commentaries on contemporary life, one must turn to his short stories.”
Nov. 2, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
At times demure, at others revelatory, Louis Auchincloss’ memoir reveals insights about New York’s old guard and his connection to it.
Feb. 10, 2011
“The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English,” which offers some 2,400 entries on writers from Guyanese playwright Michael Abbensetts to British biographer Philip Ziegler, contains no mention of Louis Auchincloss.
Nov. 23, 1997
Travel & Experiences
This informal history continues turn-of-the-century New York society feuds unto the fourth generation.
June 10, 1990
THE ANNIVERSARY, And Other Stories; by Louis Auchincloss; Houghton Mifflin $25, 192 pages
July 30, 1999
Reading Louis Auchincloss is a little like watching one of those engaging Victorian scenes in the window of a pricey department store at Christmastime, with elegantly dressed, animated doll figures executing a domestic choreography.
Feb. 2, 1992
The Headmaster’s Dilemma A Novel Louis Auchincloss Houghton Mifflin: 178 pp., $25
Sept. 10, 2007
Fellow Passengers: A Novel in Portraits by Louis Auchincloss (Houghton Mifflin: $18.95; 223 pages) Though the 10 character studies here may not fit the narrowest definition of a novel, the essential ingredients are all ready and waiting for the reader to assemble them.
March 31, 1989