Françoise Sagan’s first novel “Bonjour Tristesse” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its author still holds sway.

Françoise Sagan’s first novel “Bonjour Tristesse” was published in 1954. With a new film adaptation, the book and its author still holds sway.

In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its...

Don’t underestimate the simple power of complimenting a stranger.

In “All the Rage,” the social historian Virginia Nicholson discusses the changing standards that bedeviled and enthralled a century of women.