HILLCRIST. Well, when I sold Hornblower Longmeadow and the cottages, I certainly found him all right. All the same, he's got the cloven hoof. <Warming up> His influence in Deepwater is thoroughly bad; those potteries of his are demoralising--the whole atmosphere of the place is changing. It... (learn more about this book)
John Galsworthy OM (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is viewed as one of the first writers of the Edwardian era; challenging in his works some of the ideals of society depicted in the preceeding literature of Victorian England. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932.... (learn more about this book)
The nine novels, which make up The Forsyte Chronicles — one of the most popular and enduring works of 20th century literature — 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... (learn more about this book)
Covering almost 30 years in the life and loves of Mark Lennan, The Dark Flower opens in 1880 with 18-year-old undergraduate Mark studying art at Oxford, and ends 30 years later with Mark ostensibly happily married, yet torn between his wife and a beautiful teenage girl—the last and most... (learn more about this book)
Novel addressing class system and social issues of Edwardian England from the English novelist and playwright and Nobel Prizewinner for literature. (learn more about this book)
When Clare's husband pursues her she vows she will never return and sets about fighting him in bitter divorce proceedings. Dinny supports her sister all the way, but she has her own heartache to conquer, a grief which threatens to embitter her life for ever. Will the sisters make it safely over... (learn more about this book)
John Galsworthy, novelist, dramatist, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, is most widely known as the author of The Forsyte Saga, but recent productions testify to the power that his plays still exert over modern audiences and the strength and relevance of the issues he raised. (learn more about this book)
The nine novels which make up The Forsyte Chronicles - one of the most popular and enduring works of 20th century literature - 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... (learn more about this book)
1921. This volume contains plays by the following authors: Harold Chapin; Lady Gregory; Winthrop Parkhurst; George Middleton; Eugene O'Neill; J.A. Ferguson; John Galsworthy; Louise Saunders; Lord Dunsany; Beulah Marie Dix; Percy Mackaye; Harold Brighouse; John Millington Synge; William Butler... (learn more about this book)