Down in the City: Text Classics

Introduced byDelia Falconer.
Esther Prescott has seen little of life outside her wealthy family's Rose Bay mansion-until flashyStan Peterson comes roaring up the drive in his huge American car and barges into her life.Within a fortnight they are living in his Kings Cross flat.
Moody and erratic, proud of his well-bred wife yet bitterly resentful of her privilege, Stan isinvolved with his former girlfriend and a series of shady business deals. Esther, innocent anddesperate to please him, must endure his controlling ways.
This story of a troubled and obsessive marriage, set against the backdrop of postwar Sydney, isdevastating. First published in 1957, Down in the City announced Elizabeth Harrower as a majorAustralian writer.