Louis Auchincloss
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Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010) 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.
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