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The Forsyte Saga (Paperback)
John Galsworthy; Series edited by Keith Carabine; Introduction by Cedric Watts
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When The Forsyte Saga was shown on television in 1967 it was hugely
successful. The nation was gripped by the masterful visual telling
of the Forsyte family's troubled story and adapted its activities
to suit the next transmission. The Forsyte Saga, comprising The Man
of Property, In Chancery and To Let is here produced by Wordsworth
for the first time in a single volume. Initially, the narrative
centres on Soames Forsyte - a successful solicitor living in London
with his beautiful wife Irene. A pillar of the late Victorian upper
middle class, materially wealthy, his appears to be a golden
existence endowed with all the necessary possessions for a 'Man of
Property', but beneath this very proper exterior lies a core of
unhappiness and brutal relationships. The marriage of Soames and
Irene disintegrates in bitter recrimination, creating a feud within
the family that will have far-reaching consequences.
John Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short
stories entitled "The Four Winds." For the next 7 years he
published these and all works under his pen name John Sinjohn. It
was only upon the death of his father and the publication of "The
Island Pharisees" in 1904 that he published as John Galsworthy.
Each story in this collection is dedicated to one particular family
member so his choices for them are fascinating and the stories are
of course excellent. Whilst today he is far more well know as a
Nobel Prize winning novelist then he was considered a playwright
dealing with social issues and the class system. He was appointed
to the Order of Merit in 1929, after earlier turning down a
knighthood, and awarded the Nobel Prize in 1932 though he was too
ill to attend. John Galsworthy died from a brain tumour at his
London home, Grove Lodge, Hampstead on January 31st 1933. In
accordance with his will he was cremated at Woking with his ashes
then being scattered over the South Downs from an aeroplane.
In this second part of John Galworthy's trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding, a new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions.
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