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"As the nineteenth century draws to a close the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are a diminishing section of society. The Forsytes are deliberately blind to this fact, surrounding themselves with a self-righteous conventionality and a determination to maintain the status quo. Soames Forsyte struggles to uphold a moral code in the face of the social revolution resulting from the Great War and his wife's extraordinary but disruptive beauty. A dignified but pathetic figure, he is the thread that runs through this first volume of Galsworthy's master work."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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The Forsyte saga, John Galsworthy
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- Title
- The Forsyte saga
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Galsworthy
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1978
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 912
- ISBN10
- 014018399X
- ISBN13
- 9780140183993
- Series
- The Forsyte Chronicles
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Classics, 20th century, British Literature, 19th century, Society, England, Great Britain, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Marriage, London, Genealogy, Loneliness, Victorian Era, Nobel prize, Family Sagas, Sagas, Customs and Traditions, Adapted into Series, Liberation, Nobel Prize in Literature, Turn of the 19th and 20th Century
- First published
- 1922
- Original title
- The Forsyte Saga
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- "As the nineteenth century draws to a close the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are a diminishing section of society. The Forsytes are deliberately blind to this fact, surrounding themselves with a self-righteous conventionality and a determination to maintain the status quo. Soames Forsyte struggles to uphold a moral code in the face of the social revolution resulting from the Great War and his wife's extraordinary but disruptive beauty. A dignified but pathetic figure, he is the thread that runs through this first volume of Galsworthy's master work."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved