About this title: As the 19th century gives way to the 20th, the Forsytes, presided over by the patriarchal Soames, must face the disintegration of the society that has upheld their family's position for generations. This beloved family saga, with its huge and lively cast of characters, remains a classic of popular literature.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
ISBN-13:9780684176536ISBN:068417653X
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good + No Jacket, as Published 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A great copy with tight binding and clean, intact pages. A crease runs from top to bottom of front cover, and one corner is creased, otherwise, very minor shelf wear. Very clean copy. 878 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743245029ISBN:0743245024
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Text is clean and unmarked. Has obvious cover and edge wear. One page has been folded. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 896 p. Audience: General/trade. Heavy book. No expedited shipping on this item please. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. Nice hard cover, lightly read, some shelf wer to cover, light aging to pages, very little underlining & notation, stk #2113m9. xx, 921 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Includes pref. to Memorial edition. Combines into one novel the Forsyte family of three generations, three of Mr. Galsworthy's novels--"The man of property, " "In chancery" and "To let"--and two stories--"The Indian summer of the Forsyte" and ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons, New York
Date Published: 1922
Description: Good. No dust jacket. xvi, 870 p. fold. geneal. tab. 20 cm. Includes Illustrations. Combines into one novel of the Forsyte family of three generations, three of Mr. Galsworthy's novels--"The man of property, " "In chancery" and "To let"--and two stories--"The Indian summer of a Forsyte" and "Awakening. " read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743245029ISBN:0743245024
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Very nice copy. Cover shows some very slight edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 896 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1961
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Nobel prize winning novel by John Galsworthy. Pages and cover clean. front hinge broken. cover red cloth with gold print on spine, spine bumped. owners name sticker on title page. dust jacket brown with white and gold print on front and spine, clean, edges worn, especially by spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CHARLES SCRIBENER'S SONS
Date Published: 1948
ISBN-13:9780749319250ISBN:0749319259
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Type: USED All orders shipped media mail the following working day. This edition contains all three of Galsworthy's Forsyte novels and also the linking passages, "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" and "Awakening". The saga traces three generations of the Forsytes, and is a story of passion and violence, of hopes and fears, of ecstasy and tragedy. read more
"The TV series in the early sixties, when we had only one channel rather than one million of them, was compulsive viewing, and even Eton public school suspended all other activities so the masters and boys could watch it. They were probably all in love, as I was, with Irene, played by Nyree Dawn Porter, who died a few years ago. Her loveless marriage to the dastardly Soames Forsythe, the eponymous Man of Property of the first novel in the series, was the main centre of attention. Curiously, people I meet, when I mention it, mainly recall the sumptuous colours of the costumes, though it was made in black and white. Also, when I was reading Court of the Red Tsar I was amazed to find that all the members of the Politburo - who were all avid readers and constnatly trying to educate themselves in their free time - voted it their favourite book."
"I first saw The Forsyte Saga as a television series (the original one with Dawn Nyree Porter, Eric Porter and Susan Hampshire) in England a millions years ago, and was very taken with it. Then, in later life, I read the book, and was even more impressed. Galsworthy is so good at depicting the feel of the times, and creating characters with good and bad sides, so the reader has a hard time feeling total antipathy towards the less likeable ones, because, as the French put it "to understand everything is to forgive everything." A very aborbing saga, and a great insight into the English temperament!"
"This is a titanic masterpiece of a multi-generational story of a fictional English family that spans the Victorian, Edwardian, and post-World War I eras. For the first one-hundred pages or so, I found myself having to frequently refer to the Forsyte family genealogical chart; however, by the end of the book I knew all of the characters and their place in the family intimately. Like all families, Galsworthy has created a world of very real and human characters in the Forsyte family; a family bound as much by their name, and at times even their dysfunction. Many of the novel's characters exhibit the full range of emotion and feeling, including: love, greed, hatred, passion, jealousy, lust, truth, honesty, betrayal, and so forth; it is all there within this family - The Forsytes. Once started, I could not put this book down easily; it is that compelling. I fully understand why John Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. For those who love novels of and about England, The Forsyte Saga is a must read."
"Comprised of three novels (The Man of Property, In Chancery, and To Let - with connecting interludes) this "monumental chronicle of the lives of the moneyed Forsytes" (back cover) is well worth reading-albeit in a leisurely way. The heart of the story resides in Soames Forsyte who, ironically, seems to lack a heart, his obsession with his wife (the beautiful Irene), her love affair, and the dissolution of their marriage at a time when divorce was social suicide. In one way or another, the whole of the extended Forsyte family rotates around the dynamic behind this action and its aftermath. The book is also about the death of the Victorian era and a critical tribute to some of its most cherished values."
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