High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Louis Stanton Auchincloss (pronounced /ˈɔːkɨŋklɒs/; September 27, 1917 - January 26, 2010) was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a prolific novelist who parlayed his firsthand knowledge into dozens of finely wrought books exploring the private lives of America's East Coast patrician class (especially the world of Wall Street bankers, lawyers and stockbrokers). His dry, ironic works of fiction continued the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton.
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