The Man of Property by John Galsworthy

The Man of PropertyJohn Galsworthy · 1906Soames Forsyte, Irene and the house at Robin Hill. Read The Man of Property by John Galsworthy page by page and explore its network of 723 people, places and…“The Forsyte Saga” was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called “The Man of Property”; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic…All books in the ECCE gallery