John Galsworthy
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper middle-class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own.
The Man of Property is the first novel of the The Forsyte Saga. Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and "man of property," is married to the beautiful, penniless Irene,...
5) The Fugitive
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
This 1913 play is a study of that peculiar English malady: good form. Clare Dedmond, the unhappy wife of George Dedmond, longs for a life of freedom and art. A friendship with the novelist Malise seems to offer her the chance to escape the deadening Dedmond household.... but at a great cost.
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large upper-middle-class English family that is similar to Galsworthy's. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, its members are keenly aware of their status...