An English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Contents

The Patrician

The Country House

The Dark Flower (1913)

Five Tales (1918)

The Freelands (1915)

Beyond (1917)

Villa Rubein and Other Stories (1900)

Saint's Progress (1919)

The Island Pharisees (1904)

The Country House (1907)

Fraternity (1909)

The Burning Spear

The Forsyte Saga, Complete (1921)

Tatterdemalion (1914)

The Country House-

'It deserves the widest measure of success as a careful study of modern life and an interesting piece of fiction, presented with remarkable literary ability.'--Daily Telegraph.

The Dark Flower-

Spring, summer, autumn;--an artistic revelation of the nature of the hero's passion told with a sure insight as keen as it is sympathetic, and with quick touches of exquisite feeling and phrase specially in the first part--youth.

Five Tales (1918)-

In these stories Mr. Galsworthy returns to the type of character which he so masterfully depicted in those great stories of English social life "The Man of Property," "The Country House," etc. Each story is built around a single dominant character. Thus in A Stoic, the old financier, swollen, short-breathed, apoplectic, having to be lifted from his chair to address his boards and directorates, still dominates them by his reputation and buccaneer-like tactics.

The Freelands (1915)-

"Liberty's a glorious feast." With this quotation begins a story in which it appears that in the three generations of the Freelands, mother, four sons, grandchildren, flourish all the elements of conservatism and revolt against the existing order which allows the petty tyranny of the English land system. Derek, the young grandson, is the leading spirit for the peasants in rebellion against this particular case of petty tyranny and is tragically unsuccessful. His love for his cousin, beautifully portrayed, lightens the story and gives promise for a brighter future for him in some newer land where there seems to be more possibility of enjoying the "glorious feast."

Beyond (1917)-

"The story is full of thrills. From start to finish it maintains its interest; and the tragic denouement is logical. Moreover, Mr. Galworthy's style, as usual, makes reading the book a very real pleasure."--Philadelphia Public Ledger.

The Country House (1907)-

'It deserves the widest measure of success as a careful study of modern life and an interesting piece of fiction, presented with remarkable literary ability.'--Daily Telegraph.

Tatterdemalion (1914)-

A collection of short stories, half in "war-time" half in "peace-time."