The Rector of Justin

by Louis Auchincloss
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The Rector of Justin continues Auchincloss’s analytical portrayal of American society and its institutions, here focusing upon the type of boys’ boarding school that he himself attended and that has furnished the United States with much of its business and political leadership since the end of the nineteenth century. Told from a number of viewpoints, the tale of Justin Martyr Academy and its founder, the title character Francis Prescott, remains tantalizingly incomplete even at the end, showing the basic anomaly of an institution that seeks to foster “democratic” ideals while charging high fees and adhering to a selective admissions policy. There is a tear on the back cover.
  • Format: Hardback
  • Author: Louis Auchincloss
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
  • Publication Year: 1964

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