Böcker av John Galsworthy

In the third novel of The Forsyte Saga, the deadly passions of the past threaten a new generation

The compulsive second novel in The Forsyte Saga pulsates with passion and furious enmity

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. This, the only critical edition of Galsworthy's popular masterpiece, contains detailed notes which are vital to the saga, explaining particularly the contemporary artistic and literary allusions, and slang of the time.

Passion, scandal and tragedy - the first novel in one of the most absorbing family dramas ever written

The stunning final chapter of Galsworthy's thrilling family saga

The passions of the past flame into new life in the scorching sixth novel of The Forsyte Saga

Soames Forsyte will do anything he can to protect his beloved daughter Fleur

Can the Forsyte family ever escape the passions and scandals of the past?

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and dramatist, is most widely known as the author of The Forsyte Saga, but recent productions testify to the power that his plays still exert over modern audiences and the strength and relevance of the issues he raise

In this final volume of The Forsyte Saga Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forsytes. For centuries, the Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment. Galsworthy s portrayal of the effect of political change on individuals show him as a great social novelist as well as the author of one of the most gripping family sagas ever written.

In this second part of John Galworthy's trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding, a new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and dramatist, is most widely known as the author of The Forsyte Saga, but recent productions testify to the power that his plays still exert over modern audiences and the strength and relevance of the issues he raise

The Forsyte Saga comprises of The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let, produced in a single volume.

The Forsyte Saga is the first part of John Galsworthy s magnificent, well-loved Forsyte Chronicles, which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph and emotional disaster. The Forsyte Saga begins as the nineteenth century is drawing to a close, and the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are becoming a dying section of society. The Forsytes are blind to this fact, clinging to their conventions and brilliant respectability . As dignified Soames Forsyte struggles to uphold the old moral code in the face of the social revolution resulting from the Great War, his wife Irene s extraordinary beauty causes even more disruption. The bitter feud between them comes to split the Forsyte family for two generations.

I nobelpristagaren John Galsworthys Herrgården står en skilsmässa i fokus. Helen Bellew vill inget hellre än att slippa sin alkoholiserade make. När hon träffar en ny man, George, tar hon mod till sig och ansöker om att få skilja sig. Men det är sent 1800-tal, och skilsmässa är förknippat med skam och stora juridiska hinder. Skilsmässan blir en katastrof som tvingar människorna i deras krets att välja sida, med oanade konsekvenser.I originalöversättning av Agnes Byström-LindhagenJohn Galsworthy (1867-1933) var en brittisk författare och dramatiker, vars mest kända verk är romanerna som ingår i Forsytesagan. 1932 belönades han med Nobelpriset i litteratur med motiveringen "för den förnäma skildringskonst, som i The Forsyte Saga uppnått sitt högsta uttryck"."It is prime, first rate Galsworthy written with supreme style and insight into his characters" - användaren Peter på Goodreads.com