The Forsyte saga, Volume 1
This first volume of The Forsyte Saga contains The Man of Property, the novel John Galsworthy published in 1906 and later made the foundation of his chronicle of an upper-middle-class English family, with his preface to the completed Saga of 1922. In the London of 1886 the Forsytes, solid, acquisitive and watchful, gather at Old Jolyon's to inspect the engagement of his granddaughter June to the architect Philip Bosinney. Soames Forsyte, a solicitor, commissions Bosinney to build a house at Robin Hill for his beautiful and unwilling wife Irene, and the two men and the two women are drawn into a conflict over possession, in which the house and the marriage are both at stake. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is The Forsyte saga, Volume 1 in the public domain?
Yes. The Forsyte saga, Volume 1 by John Galsworthy is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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About 7 h 19 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
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