The Rector of Justin: A Novel - Softcover

Auchincloss, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618224890 ISBN 13: 9780618224890

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2002

Synopsis

Regarded as one of Louis Auchincloss's most accomplished novels, THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN centers on Frank Prescott, the founder of an exclusive school for boys. Eighty years of his life unfold through the observations of six narrators, each with a unique perspective on the man, his motivations, and the roots of his triumphs and failings.

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From the Inside Flap:

Louis Auchincloss has been celebrated as one of the best American novelists of our time. The Rector of Justin, originally published in 1964, is widely considered to be his most ambitious novel and his greatest achievement.

The terrain is familiar, vintage Auchincloss, in its astute dissection of the social mores of the Northeast's privileged establishment. The story centers on a prestigious Episcopal school for boys and its commanding, charismatic founder, Frank Prescott, a man whose lifelong goal was to head such a school. With laser-sharp insight, Auchincloss portrays the evolution of this man and the sources of his virtues and failings, his successes, and his crises of faith. Seamlessly interweaving multiple points of view?from an adoring teacher to that of a rebellious daughter?Auchincloss captures the brilliant totality of a man. Through the personalities and memories of six intense observers, a psychologically complex social history of the eighty years of his life emerges.

This new edition contains an Afterword by the author.

From the Back Cover:

"Louis Auchincloss is one of the best writers alive. He has probed the
American character more boldly and more intelligently than many of his more celebrated contemporaries."
--Susan Cheever

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618224890
• ISBN 13: 9780618224890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352