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The Forsyte saga, Volume 1 — John Galsworthy

The Forsyte saga, Volume 1

John Galsworthy

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 308 pages

The first volume of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga is a family novel about the prosperous London Forsyte family. Through marriage and ties among its members, it portrays a world where people and feelings are often treated as property. It is worth listening to for its rich picture of an era and its quiet, perceptive study of family life.

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FORSYTE SAGA
THE MAN OF PROPERTY
By John Galsworthy

Contents

THE MAN OF
PROPERTY
TO MY WIFE:
I DEDICATE THE FORSYTE SAGA IN ITS ENTIRETY,
BELIEVING IT TO BE OF ALL MY WORKS THE LEAST
UNWORTHY
OF
ONE
WITHOUT
WHOSE
ENCOURAGEMENT,
SYMPATHY AND CRITICISM I COULD NEVER HAVE
BECOME EVEN SUCH A WRITER AS I AM.

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Contents

  1. FORSYTE SAGA
  2. THE MAN OF PROPERTY
  3. THE MAN OF PROPERTY

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