The atonement, and other stories
By: Louis Auchincloss.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Rich people -- Fiction; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Other titles: Atonement
Description: A collection of stories about rich Wasps. In Ars Gratia Artis, a railroad baron becomes a patron of the arts in a bid to atone for a life of money grabbing, while in Geraldine, a woman chooses dignity over money.
Table of contents: title: The atonement; title: Ars gratia artis; title: The last great divorce; title: The Maenads; title: The foursome; title: Lear's shadow; title: The hidden muse; title: Realist in Babylon; title: The golden voice; title: Honoria and Attila; title: The ancient Greeks; title: Geraldine.