Michael Arlen wrote of the fast set of Mayfair and Belgravia, those who were to be termed the Lost Generation. His characters are doomed young war heroes still hungering for excitement, newly emboldened and abandoned heroines, raffish cads, and outcasts from convention. His characters are disillusioned, cynical, and witty, but these stories also include elements of fantasy and horrors hallmark.

Contents

The Ancient Sin • short story by Michael Arlen
Cavalier of the Streets • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Consuelo Brown • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Hunter After Wild Beasts • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Introducing a Lady of No Importance and a Gentleman of Even Less • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Irreproachable conduct of a Gentleman Who Once Refused a Knighthood • short fiction by Michael Arlen
The Loquacious Lady of Lansdowne Passage • short story by Michael Arlen
Luck of Captain Fortune • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Major Cypress Goes Off the Deep End • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Man With the Broken Nose • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Real Reason Why Shelmerdene Was Late for Dinner • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Salute the Cavalier • short fiction by Michael Arlen
Shameless Behavior of a Lord • short fiction by Michael Arlen
The Smell in the Library • novelette by Michael Arlen
When the Nightingale Sang in Berkley • short fiction by Michael Arlen