“Angel Street” by John Boynton Priestley is a novel in which the author addresses the phenomenon of “success psychology” that became popular in Britain in the 30s. XX century is a real cult for young people. There are no ideals. Love is just a moment of relaxation in a frantic pursuit of profit. Friendship is a naive childhood fantasy. The heroes of the novel, who sold their souls to the “yellow devil”, are ready to do anything for the sake of wealth and position in society - and too much late comes the realization of how prohibitively high the price of the desired success is...