Family Fortunes: The Rector of Justin/the House of Five Talents/Portrait in Brownstone

by Louis Auchincloss

Three distinguished novels from a master of American fiction--The Rector of Justin, The House of Five Talents, and Portrait in Brownstone--illustrate the author's knowledge of high society.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American novelist, historian, and essayist.

Among Auchincloss's best-known books are the multi-generational sagas The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. Other well-known novels include The Rector of Justin, the tale of a renowned headmaster of a school like Groton trying to deal with changing times, and The Embezzler, a look at white-collar crime. Auchincloss is known for his closely observed portraits of old New York and New England society.