Jutta Schlösser Book order (chronological)

The monumental family saga of English Nobel laureate John Galsworthy has often been compared to Thomas Mann's *Buddenbrooks*. Spanning four generations, the story of the Forsyte family unfolds against the backdrop of the Victorian era, characterized by decadence and hypocrisy that permeate the possession-obsessed bourgeoisie. In a grand balancing act between irony and pathos, Galsworthy brings to life the inescapable contradictions of his characters.

In "The Man of Property" Galsworthy ruthlessly strips away the gilded exterior of the Forsytes' lives, to expose the festering, rotten core of the unhappy and brutal relationships he examines within the book.