The Forsyte Saga - Volume 1 - John Galsworthy

We will only be reading “The Man of Property” but we can stay later and discuss the other two volumes if anyone is interested..

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edition of the work available, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic and literary allusions and define the slang of the time.