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