Rector of Justin -- Louis Auchincloss, Paperback

Preacher, autocrat, and idol: the composite portrait of a formidable New England headmaster whose life was his institution.Regarded as one of Louis Auchincloss's most accomplished novels, THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN centers on Frank Prescott, the founder of an exclusive school for boys. Auchincloss traces the growth of Justin Martyr from a spartan New England academy into an imposing institution of dark granite and elite tradition.The novel follows the headmaster through journals and recollections, assembling a multifaceted study of power, puritan will, and spiritual pride. Private papers contrast the reverent devotion of a young instructor with the sharp appraisals of trustees, family, and former pupils.Eighty years of his life unfold through the observations of six narrators, each with a unique perspective on the man, his motivations, and the roots of his triumphs and failings.
  • Elite Boarding School: Founded thirty miles west of Boston, Justin Martyr enforces intramural football rivalries, compulsory chapel, and spartan discipline behind its Richardsonian Romanesque walls.
  • Multiple POV: A diffident young English master, a Parisian aesthete, an embittered trustee, and an estranged daughter each reveal competing truths about Prescott.
  • Character Study: Beneath his sweeping blue opera cape, Dr. Prescott emerges as an intellectual who reads Greek verse at dawn yet ruthlessly expels students to preserve his school's moral order.
  • Also by This Author: Her Infinite Variety, CAT+KING and DARK LADY.

Author: Louis Auchincloss
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 7/10/2002
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75 lbs
Size: 8.2" H x 5.4" L x 1" W
ISBN: 9780618224890

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