With exhilarating wit, Two Serious Ladies follows the decline into debauchery of two very different women: Christina Goering, a wealthy spinster in pursuit of sainthood who ends up as a high class call-girl; and Frieda Copperfield, who abandons her stick of a husband for love of a prostitute, and ends up more or less permanently under the influence. Their unlimited lush for doing exactly as they like and hilarious eccentricity triumpantly celebrate the joys of female freedom. First published in America in 1943, this brilliant comedy of manners has gained a legendary reputation for its author, Jane Bowles- a bizarre and marvellous writer, a true original.