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Hergesheimer

American  
[hur-guhs-hahy-mer] / ˈhɜr gəsˌhaɪ mər /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1880–1954, U.S. novelist.


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Claridge rather cruelly dismisses Hergesheimer as just a popular society novelist, though he was more than that, as readers of his novella “Wild Oranges ” know.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

During the 1920s her two favorite novelists were Joseph Hergesheimer and Carl Van Vechten.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2016

Mr. Hergesheimer uses words with distinction and unction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joseph Hergesheimer is no Communist and he likes the good things of this world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Wharton found the age of innocence in the 1870's; Mr. Hergesheimer discovers an age of no innocence in the 1920's.

From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby

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