A World of Profit - Large Print Author:Louis Auchincloss A World of Profit is the dramatic absorbing and totally believable story of the confrontation between the Shallcross family, a part of the outdated aristocracy of New York Society, and Jay Livingston, an ambitious, young real estate entrepreneur. As the Shallcrosses struggle to protect their crumbling heritage, threatened by Livingston's amb... more »ition and brilliance, an erratic and complex current of circumstances and relationships carries them all toward the inevitable tragedy that is born of love, pride, greed, and infidelity.« less