Watchfires

by Louis Auchincloss

Overview

The marriage of Dexter and Rosalie Fairchild--a relationship reflecting the security and privilege of their upper-class New York City lives--is disrupted by personal and political tensions arising from the Civil War.

　

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547790534
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/20/1982
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	348
File size:	547 KB

About the Author

Louis Auchincloss was honored in the year 2000 as a “Living Landmark” by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. During his long career he wrote more than sixty books, including the story collection Manhattan Monologues and the novel The Rector of Justin. The former president of the Academy of Arts and Letters, he resided in New York City until his death in January 2010.

Editorial Reviews

. . .elegant prose is rare enough these days to make Watchfires pleasant reading. . . .Long recognized as our most observant and perhaps our only novelist of manners, Louis Auchincloss is at his best here wryly chronicling society's attempts to gloss over vulgar reality. . . .Watchfires lacks the depth that makes a book stay on in the reader's mind, but it's nonetheless accomplished and graceful. -- The New York Times

Anne Tyler