Book description
Separated from his wife Irene for some years now, Soames Forsyte has
resigned himself to the fact she's never coming back. But as he grows
older and richer, he yearns for an heir. When he confronts Irene, the
raw wounds of his past passion are exposed and he will do anything to
claim back what is his. Then his cousin Jolyon Forsyte moves in to
protect and champion Irene and the old rift in the family splinters into
new jealousy, hatred and fear. But this time it runs too deeply for
forgiveness... John Galsworthy was born on August 14, 1867, in Surrey
and came from an established, wealthy family. Called to the Bar in 1890,
he soon decided to abandon law and turn to writing. THE FORSYTE SAGA is
his most celebrated work, but he was also a successful dramatist. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932. In 1891 Galsworthy met
his cousin's wife Ada Nemesis Pearson and they embarked on a scandalous
affair, eventually marrying after Ada's divorce in 1905. John Galsworthy
died on January 31, 1933.
