The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

By John Galsworthy.

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. Dedication
4. Preface
5. The Forsyte Saga
   1. Book I: The Man of Property
      1. Epigraph
      2. Dedication
      3. Part I
         1. I: “At Home” at Old Jolyon’s
         2. II: Old Jolyon Goes to the Opera
         3. III: Dinner at Swithin’s
         4. IV: Projection of the House
         5. V: A Forsyte Ménage
         6. VI: James at Large
         7. VII: Old Jolyon’s Peccadillo
         8. VIII: Plans of the House
         9. IX: Death of Aunt Ann
      4. Part II
         1. I: Progress of the House
         2. II: June’s Treat
         3. III: Drive with Swithin
         4. IV: James Goes to See for Himself
         5. V: Soames and Bosinney Correspond
         6. VI: Old Jolyon at the Zoo
         7. VII: Afternoon at Timothy’s
         8. VIII: Dance at Roger’s
         9. IX: Evening at Richmond
         10. X: Diagnosis of a Forsyte
         11. XI: Bosinney on Parole
         12. XII: June Pays Some Calls
         13. XIII: Perfection of the House
         14. XIV: Soames Sits on the Stairs
      5. Part III
         1. I: Mrs. Macander’s Evidence
         2. II: Night in the Park
         3. III: Meeting at the Botanical
         4. IV: Voyage Into the Inferno
         5. V: The Trial
         6. VI: Soames Breaks the News
         7. VII: June’s Victory
         8. VIII: Bosinney’s Departure
         9. IX: Irene’s Return
   2. Interlude: Indian Summer of a Forsyte
      1. Epigraph
      2. Dedication
      3. I
      4. II
      5. III
      6. IV
      7. V
   3. Book II: In Chancery
      1. Epigraph
      2. Dedication
      3. Part I
         1. I: At Timothy’s
         2. II: Exit a Man of the World
         3. III: Soames Prepares to Take Steps
         4. IV: Soho
         5. V: James Sees Visions
         6. VI: No-Longer-Young Jolyon at Home
         7. VII: The Colt and the Filly
         8. VIII: Jolyon Prosecutes Trusteeship
         9. IX: Val Hears the News
         10. X: Soames Entertains the Future
         11. XI: And Visits the Past
         12. XII: On Forsyte ’Change
         13. XIII: Jolyon Finds Out Where He Is
         14. XIV: Soames Discovers What He Wants
      4. Part II
         1. I: The Third Generation
         2. II: Soames Puts It to the Touch
         3. III: Visit to Irene
         4. IV: Where Forsytes Fear to Tread
         5. V: Jolly Sits in Judgment
         6. VI: Jolyon in Two Minds
         7. VII: Dartie Versus Dartie
         8. VIII: The Challenge
         9. IX: Dinner at James’
         10. X: Death of the Dog Balthasar
         11. XI: Timothy Stays the Rot
         12. XII: Progress of the Chase
         13. XIII: “Here We Are Again!”
         14. XIV: Outlandish Night
      5. Part III
         1. I: Soames in Paris
         2. II: In the Web
         3. III: Richmond Park
         4. IV: Over the River
         5. V: Soames Acts
         6. VI: A Summer Day
         7. VII: A Summer Night
         8. VIII: James in Waiting
         9. IX: Out of the Web
         10. X: Passing of an Age
         11. XI: Suspended Animation
         12. XII: Birth of a Forsyte
         13. XIII: James Is Told
         14. XIV: His
   4. Awakening
      1. Dedication
      2. Awakening
   5. Book III: To Let
      1. Epigraph
      2. Dedication
      3. Part I
         1. I: Encounter
         2. II: Fine Fleur Forsyte
         3. III: At Robin Hill
         4. IV: The Mausoleum
         5. V: The Native Heath
         6. VI: Jon
         7. VII: Fleur
         8. VIII: Idyll on Grass
         9. IX: Goya
         10. X: Trio
         11. XI: Duet
         12. XII: Caprice
      4. Part II
         1. I: Mother and Son
         2. II: Fathers and Daughters
         3. III: Meetings
         4. IV: In Green Street
         5. V: Purely Forsyte Affairs
         6. VI: Soames’ Private Life
         7. VII: June Takes a Hand
         8. VIII: The Bit Between the Teeth
         9. IX: The Fat in the Fire
         10. X: Decision
         11. XI: Timothy Prophesies
      5. Part III
         1. I: Old Jolyon Walks
         2. II: Confession
         3. III: Irene
         4. IV: Soames Cogitates
         5. V: The Fixed Idea
         6. VI: Desperate
         7. VII: Embassy
         8. VIII: The Dark Tune
         9. IX: Under the Oak-Tree
         10. X: Fleur’s Wedding
         11. XI: The Last of the Old Forsytes
6. Colophon
7. Uncopyright

Imprint

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To
my wife
I dedicate the Forsyte Saga
in its entirety,
believing it to be of all my works
the least unworthy of one
without whose encouragement, sympathy,
and criticism
I could never have become even
such a writer as I am.

Preface

The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called The Man of Property; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word “saga” might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and bloodthirstiness of old days, as they have come down to us in fairytale and legend, the folk of the old sagas were Forsytes, assuredly, in their possessive instincts, and as little proof against the inroads of beauty and