John GalsworthyVerified

A sequence of three novels and two interludes, issued from 1906 to 1921, about an upper-middle-class English family. Soames Forsyte, a solicitor who prizes his possessions yet finds no happiness, anchors tales of an unhappy marriage, forbidden love and hidden family matters.

Opening volume of a family saga of novels about an upper-middle-class English family conscious of its newly acquired wealth. Soames Forsyte, a solicitor, treats possessions, including his wife Irene, as property, and his need to control leads to jealousy and tragedy.