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“So many people have written and claimed that their families were the original of the Forsytes,” wrote Galsworthy, “that one has almost been encouraged to believe in the typicality of an imagine species.” It is the Spring of 1920, 34 years on from the beginning of the Saga. “Young Jolyon” is married to Irene after her divorce from Soames, and they now have a son, Jon. Soames has re-married and has a daughter, Fleur. A new generation of Forsytes comes of age and the Saga continues.

Soames Forsyte fehlt es an nichts. Der Spross einer reichen Londoner Anwaltsfamilie hat Geld, Macht, Ansehen in der feinen Gesellschaft. Und mit Irene eine schöne Frau, die er aber auch nur wie einen Besitz behandelt. Irene leidet unter der Gefühlskälte ihres Mannes. Als Soames den Architekten Philip Bossiney beauftragt, ein Haus für ihn zu bauen, lernt dieser auch Irene kennen und beide beginnen eine Affäre.

This is the final book of "The Forsyte Saga". The interlude "Awakening" introduces us to young Jon's discoveries and his love for his mother Irene. To Let tells of Soames' daughter Fleur's and Jon's love for each other - a love which is subjected to the stigma of their parents' divorce.

Classic Love Stories 2 read by Joanna David & Edward Fox. Wonderful readings of stories centred around the theme of love, including works by classic writers like Rudyard Kipling and John Galsworthy.

A compelling drama and a merciless scrutiny of a newly monied upper-middle-class family at the turn of the 20th century, The Forsyte Saga has a sumptuous range of characters. If you have enjoyed The Forsyte Saga on television in the past, you will be familiar with this engrossing story; if not, prepare to be completely captivated and engaged by one of the best tales ever told.

In this, the second volume of the Saga to be released in an unabridged recording by Assembled Stories, Soames’ house continues to be built as his marriage disintegrates. Is Irene having an affair? Certainly her relationship with the architect Bosinney is causing ructions in the family. While attempting reconciliation with his son, Old Jolyon, spurred by June’s suffering as she feels herself losing her lover, sends Young Jolyon to sound the man’s intentions.

At just 23, Gyp, the daughter of ex-Major Charles Claire Winton, finds herself swept into the world of music and romance when she marries Fiorsen, a Swedish violin virtuoso. Raised in isolation by her British father, Gyps sheltered upbringing is shattered as her father attempts to introduce her to society. When an attack of gout sends him to Wiesbaden for treatment, Gyp accompanies him and encounters the magnetic allure of Fiorsen and his enchanting performances. As a highly sensitive and musically gifted young woman, she is initially captivated by the violinists charm, but her father quickly ...

The Forsyte Saga initially centres on Soames Forsyte - a successful solicitor living in London with his beautiful wife Irene. A pillar of the late Victorian upper middle class, materially wealthy, his appears to be a golden existence endowed with all the necessary possessions for a 'Man of Property' but beneath this very proper exterior lies a core of unhappiness and brutal relationships. When The Forsyte Saga was shown on television in 1967 it was hugely successful.

The Man of Property, the first in the long series of novels written by John Galsworthy known as the Forsyte Saga, was written in 1906. It was the second novel that Galsworthy had published under his own name, the four novels previous to this being published privately under the pseudonym John Sinjohn. And, unlike its predecessors, it was a great success. It examined and dissected the habits, manners, snobberies and increasingly suffocating moral code of the upper-middle classes to which he belonged.

Soames Forsyte's great desire to own things even extends to his captivating wife, Irene. Jealous of her friendships with others, he concocts a plan to move her away to the countryside, where he might come to own her completely. Resisting his bitter intentions, she falls for architect Philip Bossiney, who is unfortunately engaged to her best friend (and Soames' cousin), June Forsyte.

In To Let, Irene's son Jon and Soames' daughter Fleur, now both 19 years old, fall in love. But when Jon learns of the past feud between their families, he decides that he cannot marry Fleur. To drive her from his mind, he travels to America with his mother Irene. Fleur now throws herself at her long-standing admirer, Michael Mont, a fashionable baronet's son, and the two are married.

John Galsworthy's epic Forsyte Chronicles, a nine-volume series of novels dramatizing the fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians, the Forsytes, has become established as one of the most popular and enduring works of 20th century literature. He made their lives and times, loves and losses so real that readers accused him of including real individuals whom they knew as the characters in his drama.

Dive into this charming comedy that unfolds around the amusing caper of a wealthy young mans theft of a prostitutes purse. In a twist of fate, the story also explores the consequences of a struggling mans theft of a silver cigarette case from the rich mans family home, leading to very different outcomes. Join us for a delightful narrative that highlights class disparity and the humor hidden within lifes misadventures. - Summary by Michele Eaton

A cheque meant for nine pounds has mysteriously been altered to ninety, sparking a web of intrigue and deception. Who is behind this fraudulent act? As one man steps forward with a confession, we are left questioning whether he is revealing the truth or shielding someone else. Join us in unraveling this gripping tale of accountability and moral dilemmas. (by Michele Eaton)

Set against the backdrop of rural England just after the First World War, Skin Game unfolds in three acts as a comic tragedy exploring the clash of two contrasting families. On one side, theres Squire Hillcrist, an old-money landowner struggling to maintain his estate and family, which includes his spirited daughter, Jill, and devoted wife, Amy. On the other, the Hornblowers, a wealthy industrial family led by the ambitious Hornblower, threaten to disrupt the delicate balance of their world by displacing the long-standing Jackman family and encroaching upon Hillcrists land with factories. This...

Kontynuacja „Sagi rodu Forsyte’ów”, pasjonującego cyklu powieściowego, który przyniósł Johnowi Galsworthy’emu literacką Nagrodę Nobla. Wielka epicka opowieść o angielskich wyższych sferach przełomu XIX i XX wieku.

Pasjonujący cykl powieściowy, który przyniósł Johnowi Galsworthy’emu literacką Nagrodę Nobla! Trzytomowa powieść obejmuje losy kilku pokoleń bogatej mieszczańskiej rodziny. Historia zaczyna się w 1886 r., kiedy młody Jolyon wdaje się w romans z guwernantką swojej córki, a kończy w 1920 r., gdy umiera Tymoteusz – „ostatni ze starych Forsyte'ów”.

Następuje tu metamorfoza głównego bohatera, Soamesa, który z egoisty i dorobkiewicza przeistacza się w dostojnego, uduchowionego dżentelmena. Pokolenie, które Galsworthy wcześniej krytykował za zdradę wartości ogólnoludzkich, staje się teraz według niego ich nosicielem; krytyce poddana zostaje natomiast najmłodsza generacja, przesiąknięta hedonizmem i nihilizmem.

"Saga o Forsaytah" - monumental'naya seriya raznoplanovyh proizvedeniy angliyskogo pisatelya Dzhona Golsuorsi, opisyvaet zhizn' sostoyatel'noy sem'i Forsaytov. V 1932 godu Golsuorsi poluchil Nobelevskuyu premiyu po literature za "vysokoe iskusstvo povestvovaniya, vershinoy kotorogo yavlyaetsya 'Saga o Forsaytah'".

Das 19. Jahrhundert neigt sich dem Ende entgegen und Soames Forsyte ist reicher und mächtiger denn je. Nur die gescheiterte Ehe mit Irene nagt noch an ihm. Schließlich will er aber die Scheidung vorantreiben, um das Kapitel abzuschließen. Als er jedoch mitbekommt, dass sein Cousin Jolyon in der Zwischenzeit Irene Avancen macht, flammt Eifersucht in ihm auf. Es kommt erneut zu Streit und Drohungen. Kann der reiche Mann das Schicksal mit seinem Einfluss abwenden?