The Winthrop Covenant

Louis Auchincloss

Houghton Mifflin, 1976 - Fiction - 246 pages

The Winthrop Covenant is a collection of nine stories, thematically related and arranged chronologically from 1630 to 1970s. They are designed to trace, by the use of fiction and dramatized history, the rise and fall of the Puritan ethic in New York and New England.

Contents

• The Covenant: 1
• The Fall: 32
• The Martyr: 43

About the author

Louis Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in New York. He attended Groton College and Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War ll. A practicing attorney, Auchincloss wrote his first novel, "The Indifferent Children," in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee, establishing a dual career as a successful lawyer and writer. Born into a socially prominent family, Auchincloss generally writes about society's upper class. Strong family connections, well-bred manners, and corporate boardrooms are subject matter in such novels as "Portrait in Brownstone" and "I Come As a Thief." He has also written several biographical and critical works on such notable writers as Edith Wharton and Henry James. Auchincloss was President of the Museum of the City of New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Winthrop Covenant
• Author: Louis Auchincloss
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1976
• ISBN: 0395240816, 9780395240816
• Length: 246 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary