Depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together. In this book, the 'north and south' of the title are the Satanic mills of the industrial north and the leisured life of London society and rural Hampshire.

Presented in hardcover, this title has been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. It includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.

This Christina Stead masterpiece is a novel for our times. Set in the uneasy period between the wars, the story details the high world of finance and the intrigues in a merchant bank that ultimately collapses.

Also containing 'The Baby Party', 'Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr - nce of W - les', 'The Adjuster', 'Hot and Cold Blood', 'The Sensible Thing' and 'Gretchen's Forty Winks' - all of which describe in various ways the 1920s society that Fitzgerald himself inhabited - All the Sad Young Men is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction.