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The Forsyte Saga

内容简介

WhenTheForsyteSagawasshownontelevisionin1967itwashugelysuccessful.ThenationwasgrippedbythemasterfulvisualtellingoftheForsytefamily'stroubledstoryandadapteditsactivitiestosuitthenexttransmission.TheForsyteSaga,comprisingTheManofProperty,InChanceryandToLetishereproducedbyWordsworthforthefirsttimeinasinglevolume.Initially,thenarrativecentresonSoamesForsyte-asuccessfulsolicitorlivinginLondonwithhisbeautifulwifeIrene.ApillarofthelateVictorianuppermiddleclass,materiallywealthy,hisappearstobeagoldenexistenceendowedwithallthenecessarypossessionsfora'ManofProperty',butbeneaththisveryproperexteriorliesacoreofunhappinessandbrutalrelationships.ThemarriageofSoamesandIrenedisintegratesinbitterrecrimination,creatingafeudwithinthefamilythatwillhavefar-reachingconsequences.

作者简介

JohnGalsworthy(1867-1933)waseducatedatOxford,wherehepreparedtogointolaw,butlaterdecidedtodevotehimselftowriting.TheManofProperty(1906),thefirstofthethreenovelsthatbecameTheForsyteSaga,establishedhisreputationasanauthorandakeenobserverofsociety.GalsworthywasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1932.

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