The Forsyte saga John Galsworthy.

By:

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Penguin twentieth-century classics | The Forsyte chronicles ; vol. 1 | Galsworthy, John, Forsyte chronicles (London, England) ; vol. 1.Publication details: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1978 Description: 906 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

014018399X
9780140183993

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823/.912 21

LOC classification:

PR6013.A5 F56 1978

Contents:

The man of property -- In chancery -- To let.

Summary: The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial 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 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	EIS Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA CL GAL F735 -1	Available		L0012954

The man of property -- In chancery -- To let.

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial 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 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.

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