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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Modern Library
Publication date
January 1, 2001
Pages
363
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679641025
ISBN-10
0679641025
Dimensions
1.25 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$21.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A new edition of the long out-of-print novel traces the fictional life of Dr. Francis Prescott, the single-minded founder and head of a New England prep school, in a story told from multiple points of view. 10,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 viewâfrom an adoring teacher to that of a rebellious daughterâAuchincloss 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.
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 viewâfrom an adoring teacher to that of a rebellious daughterâAuchincloss 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.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Modern Library (January 1, 2001)
9780679641025 | details & prices | 363 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $21.95
About: Traces the fictional life of Dr.
About: Traces the fictional life of Dr.
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2nd sg edition from McGraw-Hill College (June 1, 1993); titled "Physics"
9780070339095 | details & prices | List price $34.10
This edition also contains Physics
About: An introductory physics text for undergraduates, this new second edition features 20per cent more problems, new highlight boxes, and new self-test questions.
This edition also contains Physics
About: An introductory physics text for undergraduates, this new second edition features 20per cent more problems, new highlight boxes, and new self-test questions.
from Natl Book Network (October 1, 1987)
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (July 10, 2002)
9780618224890 | details & prices | 341 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A new edition of a novel originally published in 1964 traces the fictional life of Dr.
About: A new edition of a novel originally published in 1964 traces the fictional life of Dr.
from Houghton Mifflin (February 1, 1980)
9780395291795 | details & prices | 341 pages | List price $3.95
About: Louis Auchincloss has been celebrated as one of the best American novelists of our time.
About: Louis Auchincloss has been celebrated as one of the best American novelists of our time.
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