THE FORSYTE SAGA: Indian Summer of a Forsyte FULL Audio Book
THE FORSYTE SAGA: Indian Summer of a Forsyte by John Galsworthy ABOUT THE FORSYTE SAGA: The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prizewinning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial uppermiddleclass English family, similar to Galsworthy s own. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as new money. The main character, Soames Forsyte, sees himself as a man of property by virtue of his ability to accumulate material possessions but this does not succeed in bringing him pleasure. ABOUT THE BOOK: In a short interlude after The Man of Property, Galsworthy delves into the newfound friendship between Irene and Old Jolyon Forsyte (June s grandfather, and by now the owner of the house Soames had built). This attachment g
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