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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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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.
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The Forsyte Saga - Play (Paperback)
Derek Hoddinott, Pat Hoddinott, John Galsworthy; Screenplay by Derek Hoddinott, Pat Hoddinott
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R373
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Dramatized from the novels of John Galsworthy. Galsworthy's famous
trilogy has been superbly adapted for the stage and achieved
enormous acclaim following a national tour, starring Nyree Dawn
Porter. Set between 1886 and 1920 with multiple locations cleverly
contained within one set - a Victorian style conservatory -
requiring the minimum of props, the play centres on Soames and
Irene and the stifling, destructive power of the Forsyte family,
embodied in the cold hauteur of Soames.5 women, 5 men, 1 woman or
man
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The Forsyte Saga (Paperback)
John Galsworthy; Edited by Geoffrey Harvey
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The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the
ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte
family between 1886 and 1920. Soames Forsyte is the brilliantly
portrayed central figure, a Victorian who outlives the age, and
whose baffled passion for his beautiful but unresponsive wife Irene
reverberates throughout the saga. Written with both compassion and
ironic detachment, Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not
only the family's fortunes but also the wider developments within
society, particularly the changing position of women in an
intensely competitive male world. Above all, Galsworthy is
concerned with the conflict at the heart of English culture between
the soulless materialism of wealth and property and the humane
instincts of love, beauty, and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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.
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