The Forsyte saga

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 posi...

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Main Author: Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford world's classics.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xxvii, 872 pages ; 20 cm
Audience:990
990L
ISBN:9780199549894
Author Notes:Geoffrey Harvey is Senior Lecturer in English at Reading University. He is also the editor of Trollope's Mr Scarborough's Family, The Bertrams, and Marion Fay in World's Classics.