In Chancery

• Példány állapota: újszerű
• Kiadás éve: 1994
• ISBN: 1853262226
• Nyelv: angol
• Oldalak száma: 229

John Galsworthy’s nine Forsyte novels span fifty years of family decline, from the 1880s to the 1930s. In seeking to insulate themselves by property from the reality and the disintegration of their class, the Forsytes are gradually blinded to the threats of social change and ‘the stealthy march of passion’. Galsworthy tackles his huge theme – the death of the upper-middle classes – with a unique blend of irony and understanding.
Soames, the arch-Forsyte, ‘The Man of Property’, is separated from his wife, Irene, and at loggerheads with his cousin, ‘Young’ Jolyon, who is largely emancipated from the Forsyte credo. Both feuds are dramatically resolved against the background of the Boer War, itself a portent of violent upheaval.