# The Element of Lavishness

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- Book: [The Element of Lavishness](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-element-of-lavishness) ([The Element of Lavishness.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-element-of-lavishness.md))
- Authors: [William Maxwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-15-8243-247-2
- Pages: 392
- Published: 2003-05-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An instant classic in the literature of friendship: the witty, affectionate 40-year correspondence between a great story-writer and her editor . . . pleasure and delight. In July 1938, William Maxwell,...