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The narrative chronicles several generations of a prosperous family, following their domestic rituals, marriages, and legal entanglements as private possessiveness and social ambition collide with sudden appearances of beauty and passion. Episodes alternate between intimate household scenes and public conflicts, tracing how inheritance, property, and reputation shape choices and relationships. Through courtroom episodes, romantic disappointments, and quiet reckonings, it maps the gradual transformation of family loyalties and social values, portraying the human costs when emotional needs and possessive instincts remain irreconcilable.

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Title: The Forsyte Saga - Complete

Author: John Galsworthy

Release date: June 14, 2006 [eBook #4397]
Most recently updated: May 26, 2020

Language: English

Credits: Produced by David Widger

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FORSYTE SAGA

Complete


By John Galsworthy








Contents

PREFACE:

THE MAN OF PROPERTY

PART I

CHAPTER I—“AT HOME” AT OLD JOLYON’S

CHAPTER II—OLD JOLYON GOES TO THE OPERA

CHAPTER III—DINNER AT SWITHIN’S

CHAPTER IV—PROJECTION OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER V—A FORSYTE MÉNAGE

CHAPTER VI—JAMES AT LARGE

CHAPTER VII—OLD JOLYON’S PECCADILLO

CHAPTER VIII—PLANS OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER IX—DEATH OF AUNT ANN


PART II

CHAPTER I—PROGRESS OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER II—JUNE’S TREAT

CHAPTER III—DRIVE WITH SWITHIN

CHAPTER IV—JAMES GOES TO SEE FOR HIMSELF

CHAPTER V—SOAMES AND BOSINNEY CORRESPOND

CHAPTER VI—OLD JOLYON AT THE ZOO

CHAPTER VII—AFTERNOON AT TIMOTHY’S

CHAPTER VIII—DANCE AT ROGER’S

CHAPTER IX—EVENING AT RICHMOND

CHAPTER X—DIAGNOSIS OF A FORSYTE

CHAPTER XI—BOSINNEY ON PAROLE

CHAPTER XII—JUNE PAYS SOME CALLS

CHAPTER XIII—PERFECTION OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER XIV—SOAMES SITS ON THE STAIRS


PART III

CHAPTER I—MRS. MACANDER’S EVIDENCE

CHAPTER II—NIGHT IN THE PARK

CHAPTER III—MEETING AT THE BOTANICAL

CHAPTER IV—VOYAGE INTO THE INFERNO

CHAPTER V—THE TRIAL

CHAPTER VI—SOAMES BREAKS THE NEWS

CHAPTER VII—JUNE’S VICTORY

CHAPTER VIII—BOSINNEY’S DEPARTURE

CHAPTER IX—IRENE’S RETURN

THE FORSYTE SAGA—VOLUME II



INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE

I

II

III

IV

V


IN CHANCERY

PART 1

CHAPTER I—AT TIMOTHY’S

CHAPTER II—EXIT A MAN OF THE WORLD

CHAPTER III—SOAMES PREPARES TO TAKE STEPS

CHAPTER IV—SOHO

CHAPTER V—JAMES SEES VISIONS

CHAPTER VI—NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME

CHAPTER VII—THE COLT AND THE FILLY

CHAPTER VIII—JOLYON PROSECUTES TRUSTEESHIP

CHAPTER IX—VAL HEARS THE NEWS

CHAPTER X—SOAMES ENTERTAINS THE FUTURE

CHAPTER XI—AND VISITS THE PAST

CHAPTER XII—ON FORSYTE ’CHANGE

CHAPTER XIII—JOLYON FINDS OUT WHERE HE IS

CHAPTER XIV—SOAMES DISCOVERS WHAT HE WANTS


PART II

CHAPTER I—THE THIRD GENERATION

CHAPTER II—SOAMES PUTS IT TO THE TOUCH

CHAPTER III—VISIT TO IRENE

CHAPTER IV—WHERE FORSYTES FEAR TO TREAD

CHAPTER V—JOLLY SITS IN JUDGMENT

CHAPTER VI—JOLYON IN TWO MINDS

CHAPTER VII—DARTIE VERSUS DARTIE

CHAPTER VIII—THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER IX—DINNER AT JAMES’

CHAPTER X—DEATH OF THE DOG BALTHASAR

CHAPTER XI—TIMOTHY STAYS THE ROT

CHAPTER XII—PROGRESS OF THE CHASE

CHAPTER XIII—“HERE WE ARE AGAIN!”

CHAPTER XIV—OUTLANDISH NIGHT


PART III

CHAPTER I—SOAMES IN PARIS

CHAPTER II—IN THE WEB

CHAPTER III—RICHMOND PARK

CHAPTER IV—OVER THE RIVER

CHAPTER V—SOAMES ACTS

CHAPTER VI—A SUMMER DAY

CHAPTER VII—A SUMMER NIGHT

CHAPTER VIII—JAMES IN WAITING

CHAPTER IX—OUT OF THE WEB

CHAPTER X—PASSING OF AN AGE

CHAPTER XI—SUSPENDED ANIMATION

CHAPTER XII—BIRTH OF A FORSYTE

CHAPTER XIII—JAMES IS TOLD

CHAPTER XIV—HIS



AWAKENING


TO LET

PART I

I.—ENCOUNTER

II.—FINE FLEUR FORSYTE

III.—AT ROBIN HILL

IV.—THE MAUSOLEUM

V.—THE NATIVE HEATH

VI.—JON

VII.—FLEUR

VIII.—IDYLL ON GRASS

IX. GOYA

X.—TRIO

XI.—DUET

XII.—CAPRICE


PART II

I.—MOTHER AND SON

II.—FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

III.—MEETINGS

IV.—IN GREEN STREET

V.—PURELY FORSYTE AFFAIRS

VI.—SOAMES’ PRIVATE LIFE

VII.—JUNE TAKES A HAND

VIII.—THE BIT BETWEEN THE TEETH

IX.—THE FAT IN THE FIRE

X.—DECISION

XI.—TIMOTHY PROPHESIES


PART III

I.—OLD JOLYON WALKS

II.—CONFESSION

III.—IRENE

IV.—SOAMES COGITATES

V.—THE FIXED IDEA

VI.—DESPERATE

VII.—EMBASSY

VIII.—THE DARK TUNE

IX.—UNDER THE OAK-TREE

X.—FLEUR’S WEDDING

XI.—THE LAST OF THE OLD FORSYTES






Volumes

Volume 1.  The Man of Property

Volume 2.  Indian Summer of a Forsyte, and In Chancery

Volume 3.  Awakening, and To Let