John Galsworthy

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John Galsworthy - In Chancery (Forsyte Saga Vol. 2)

'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is the second book in the saga. Five years have passed since Irene left...

eva and 3 more 13 hours 34 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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John Galsworthy - Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1)

'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Property is the first book in the saga. The 'man of property' of the title is...

Andy Minter and 6 more 12 hours 24 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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John Galsworthy - Beyond

Gyp, the daughter of ex-Major Charles Claire Winton, at the age of 23 marries Fiorsen, a Swedish violin virtuoso. Her mother, the wife of another man, has been Winton's mistress; she had died when Gyp was born. A...

Simon Evers 12 hours 20 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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John Galsworthy - Five Tales

This 1918 book consists of five short stories or novelettes by Galsworthy. They are The First and Last (1914), A Stoic , The Apple Tree (1916), The Juryman , Indian Summer of a Forsyte (1918) This last...

David Wales 11 hours 41 minutes

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John Galsworthy - To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)

‘The Forsyte Saga’ is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. To Let is the third and final book in the saga (although Galsworthy later published two...

eva and 3 more 11 hours 26 minutes Forsyte Saga group Volumes 1-3

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John Galsworthy - Fraternity

A satire of middle-class complacency and artistic aspiration. It is the story of a strange bohemian upper-class love triangle, and of a mystic tract. (Summary by Simon Evers)

Simon Evers 10 hours 13 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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John Galsworthy - Patrician

The book revolves around the story of two love affairs. Miltoun (an aspiring politician) proposes to Mrs Audrey Noel, only to find that she is not a widow as everyone supposes, but that her husband is still alive and...

Simon Evers 9 hours 49 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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John Galsworthy - Country House

In “The Country House”, John Galsworthy explores many of the themes he would later expand upon in his better known, nine-novel, “The Forsyth Saga”. This is a novel of English society as 1900 approaches. A divorce is...

Bob R 9 hours 6 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

John Galsworthy - Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style...

Pamela Nagami and 15 more 6 hours 41 minutes

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Comedy

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John Galsworthy - Skin Game

A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rural England just after the end of the First World War. Squire Hillcrist lives...

2 hours 27 minutes

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Plays

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John Galsworthy - Silver Box

This is a lovely comedy about the theft of a prostitute's purse by a rich 'young man of good family. It is placed beside the theft of a silver cigarette case from the rich man's father's house by 'a poor devil', with...

1 hour 57 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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