![]() ![]() The only passion indulged is the passion for making money. According to one character, who presumably speaks for Galsworthy, what distinguishes the Forsytes is their extreme “sense of property.” Every decision they make is based on a practical assessment of the wealth, luxury, and status it will generate. Their ancestors were farmers rather than noblemen, but through generations of workaholic self-made men they have elevated themselves to financial aristocracy. ![]() The Forsytes are an upper-middle-class English family centered in London. I am certain, however, that The Man of Property was the first Forsyte novel, so that’s where I started. One really needs a diagram (see Wikipedia) to sort out the confusing sequence of the series. Later, however, Galsworthy did publish some prequels to this book. ![]() Within these Chronicles are three trilogies and a number of “interludes.” The Man of Property, published in 1906, is Galsworthy’s first published Forsyte novel and the beginning of the first trilogy, entitled The Forsyte Saga. English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature, largely due to his extensive series of novels and stories known as The Forsyte Chronicles. ![]()
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