Books by John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy (14 August 1867 - 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. His most 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..

An anthology of six of the most commonly studied and revived Naturalist plays from the modern European repertoire complete with a critical introduction by Dr Chris Megson ensures this is an essential compendium for students, theatre practitioners and theatre fans.

Dramatized from the novels of John Galsworthy. Galsworthy's famous trilogy has been superbly adapted for the stage and achieved enormous acclaim following a national tour, starring Nyree Dawn Porter. Set between 1886 and 1920 with multiple locations cleverly contained within one set - a Victorian style conservatory - requiring the minimum of props, the play centres on Soames and Irene and the stifling, destructive power of the Forsyte family, embodied in the cold hauteur of Soames.|5 women, 5 men, 1 woman or man

"Det är egendomligt att se dessa två tillsammans - egendomligt och nästan sorgligt. Den gamle mannen hyser för henne en bister ömhet, som genomtränger honom till själva hjärteroten. Jag ser honom slitas mellan denna ömhet och en nordländsk ängslan för sina känslor; han liv med henne är for honom en omedveten tortyr."I denna samling noveller finner vi "En man från Devon", "En riddersman", "En Forsytes odödliga själ" och "Tystnad" av nobelpristagaren John Galsworthy. Med utgångspunkt i det vackra vindpinade engelska kustlandskapet utspelar sig dessa berättelser som inte lämnar någon läsare oberörd.John Galsworthy föddes 1867 och dog 1933. Han var en brittisk författare som mottog Nobelpriset i litteratur 1932. Till hans produktion hör noveller, dramatik och essäer men han är mest känd för romancykeln Forsytesagan (1906-1921).

In the third novel of The Forsyte Saga, the deadly passions of the past threaten a new generation

The compulsive second novel in The Forsyte Saga pulsates with passion and furious enmity

The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commerical upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. This, the only critical edition of Galsworthy's popular masterpiece, contains detailed notes which are vital to the saga, explaining particularly the contemporary artistic and literary allusions, and slang of the time.

Passion, scandal and tragedy - the first novel in one of the most absorbing family dramas ever written

The stunning final chapter of Galsworthy's thrilling family saga

The passions of the past flame into new life in the scorching sixth novel of The Forsyte Saga

Soames Forsyte will do anything he can to protect his beloved daughter Fleur

Can the Forsyte family ever escape the passions and scandals of the past?

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and dramatist, 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 raise

In this final volume of The Forsyte Saga Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forsytes. For centuries, the Cherrell sons have left their home of Condaford Grange to serve the state as soldiers, clergymen and administrators, but the 1930s bring uncertainty in a world of rapidly altering morals and unemployment. Galsworthy s portrayal of the effect of political change on individuals show him as a great social novelist as well as the author of one of the most gripping family sagas ever written.

In this second part of John Galworthy's trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding, a new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and dramatist, 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 raise