A boy and a girl, too young and too restless to wait, rush into marriage among the wealthy families of New York and the Hudson valley. Elders like the dry Mrs. Ludlow look on as the couple ride the round-about of parties, quarrels and temptation, and the novel asks what the young generation owes to anyone but itself.
A period piece about postwar youth by a British author working in America, for readers interested in the restless spirit just before the Jazz Age. Download the free EPUB.