Charles Webb authored novels that primarily explored themes of coming-of-age and the search for identity in the modern world. His work was characterized by a keen insight into human relationships and societal pressures, often tinged with both cynicism and empathy.
In the fast-paced, sexy, and very scary literary thriller Ursula Lake, a husband and wife trying to save their marriage and a rock musician trying to get his career back on track find big trouble, natural and possibly supernatural, in the spellbinding wilds of British Columbia.
"Cover"--"Half Title Page" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Original Title Page" -- "Original Copyright Page" -- "Contents" -- "Foreword" -- "I Supply and Demand" -- "II The Storage Function of Money" -- "III The De-Hoarding of Gold" -- "IV Liquidity Preference" -- "V The Limitations Of Investment" -- "VI The Supply Of Gold" -- "VII The Decline Of Disruptive Forces" -- "VIII The Re-Distribution Of Gold" -- "IX A Simple Solution
Originally published in 1935, this book charts the revolution from a banking to an industrial conception of currency which took place between 1922 and 1932. The stabilisation of purchasing power, independently of gold, was subsequently adopted as the keystone of British currency policy.
At the end of Charles Webb's first novel, The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock rescues his beloved Elaine from a marriage made not in heaven but in California. As the story opens, the Braddock household is in turmoil as the Westchester School Board attempts to quash the unconventional educational methods the family is practising.