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  • Maid in Waiting

  • The Forsyte Chronicles, Book 7
  • By: John Galsworthy
  • Narrated by: David Case
  • Length: 10 hrs
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Maid in Waiting

By: John Galsworthy
Narrated by: David Case
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Publisher's Summary

Maid in Waiting is the beginning novel in the last trilogy of John Galsworthy's Forsyte Chronicles. In this seventh installment, the story continues of the lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths of the fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians, the Forsytes.

The Forsyte Chronicles has become established as one of the most popular and enduring works of 20th century literature, described by the New York Times as "A social satire of epic proportions and one that does not suffer by comparison with Thackeray's Vanity Fair...[a] whole comedy of manners, convincing both in its fidelity to life and as a work of art."

John Galsworthy received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932.
Family matters: don't miss our other titles in The Forsyte Chronicles.
©1998 Phoenix Recordings (P)1998 Phoenix Recordings
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"[Galsworthy] has carried the history of his time through three generations, and his success in mastering so excellently his enormously difficult material, both in its scope and in its depth, remains an extremely memorable feat in English literature." (Anders Osterling, Nobel Prize presentation speech, 1932)

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This narrator is the best.

Great story and wonderful performance. Anything read by David Case is brilliant. He has read all of the Forsyte Saga and they are all really worthwhile listening.

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