The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: Louis Auchincloss
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Politics, Authors or writers, New York City, Revenge, Lawyers, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Italy or Italians
Although perhaps better known for his novels, especially The Rector of Justin (1964) and The Embezzler (1966), Louis Auchincloss has also worked long and hard at the art and craft of shorter fiction, often questioning and testing the boundaries separating the short story from the novel. Several of his many novels, including The Great World and Timothy Colt (1956) and A World of Profit (1968), were in fact expanded from shorter pieces already in print; conversely, some earlier collections of his short fiction, most notably The Partners (1974), have been...
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