Papers of Louis Auchincloss, 1980-1982 [manuscript].

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Papers of Louis Auchincloss, 1980-1982 [manuscript].

The collection contains drafts of False dawn: an essay on women in a splendid century; Watchfires, Narcissa, and Exit Lady Masham; and drafts of a number of essays and short stories including two chapters in Life, law and letters, proposed television dramas and essays on James Bryce, Walter Lippmann, John O'Hara, Tennessee Williams, William M. Thackeray, and Benjamin Cardoza.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974

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