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The Forsyte Saga, Complete
The Forsyte Saga, Complete: England Literature | John Galsworthy
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 blood-thirstiness of old days, as they have come down to us in fairy-tale 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 passion as Swithin, Soames, or even Young Jolyon. And if heroic figures, in days that never were, seem to startle out from their surroundings in fashion unbecoming to a Forsyte of the Victorian era, we may be sure that tribal instinct was even then the prime force, and that "family" and the sense of home and property counted as they do to this day, for all the recent efforts to "talk them out." So many people have written and claimed that their families were the originals of the Forsytes that one has been almost encouraged to believe in the typicality of an imagined species. Manners change and modes evolve, and "Timothy's on the Bayswater Road" becomes a nest of the unbelievable in all except essentials; we shall not look upon its like again, nor perhaps on such a one as James or Old Jolyon. And yet the figures of Insurance Societies and the utterances of Judges reassure us daily that our earthly paradise is still a rich preserve, where the wild raiders, Beauty and Passion, come stealing in, filching security from beneath our noses. As surely as a dog will bark at a brass band, so will the essential Soames in human nature ever rise up uneasily against the dissolution which hovers round the folds of ownership. "Let the dead Past bury its dead" would be a better saying if the Past ever died. The persistence of the Past is one of those tragi-comic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.
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I‘ve watched the Masterpiece series a few times and loved it. This book is a big long read but I really want to tackle it.

BarbaraBB It is so good!! 4y
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EmilieGR
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Such a heart-wrencher

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Because why not? 😊

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Blueberry
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rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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readinginthedark
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rubyslippersreads One of my favorites too! 6y
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rubyslippersreads
Forsyte Saga - Complete | John Galsworthy
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I ❤️ the old black-and-white Masterpiece version of the tagged book (although this picture of the cast is too early in the series to include the adorable Susan Hampshire as Fleur). #tvadaption #tvadaptation #maylovesclassics #litsyclassicshost

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rubyslippersreads
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My favorite #saga. #oldcoolbooks

LeahBergen I only own The Man of Property. These are lovely!! 😍 6y
Linsy Perfect! 💗💗💗 6y
Blaire It‘s so good! 💕💕 6y
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Vinjii
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What little animal is made into Turkish Delight? I‘m a bit worried about that part but otherwise the quote is hilarious. This entire book is hilarious. What a treat.

tessavi Maybe they use carmine for the coloring 🤔 7y
Vinjii @tessavi The book is from like 1906 so I‘m assuming it‘s that 👍 and here I was imagining added protein 😂 (edited) 7y
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Vinjii
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Okay, I‘m diving into this. 900 pages, here I come! #classics

AshleyHoss820 Happy reading and good luck! It‘s a chunk! This one might be on my list for this year. 😊 7y
rubyslippersreads One of my favorites! I've read the whole 9-book series through twice! 😊 7y
Vinjii @rubyslippersreads I have here something called Volume 1. Also saying it‘s 1-3. The Man in Property. In Chancery. To Let. Am I right assuming these are the first three of the 9? (edited) 7y
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Vinjii @AshleyHoss820 So far it‘s hilarious! 7y
Vinjii @rubyslippersreads Cool. I‘m taking from this that all 9 books are worth reading 😍 7y
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Vinjii
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Every time I pick this one up I get intimidated and put it back down 😳

KarenUK Oh how I love an Aussie face 😍💕 7y
Vinjii @KarenUK 😍😍😍 7y
BarbaraBB Don‘t be! It reads like a Netflix series, and is really addictive! 7y
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benchley1
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Got this giant book puzzle done yesterday while watching Forsyte Saga.

rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ Forsyte Saga! (edited) 7y
benchley1 @rubyslippersreads It had been awhile since I've watched it. I missed it. Not Soames f that guy!! 7y
rubyslippersreads @benchley1 Were you watching the old b/w version or the newer one? I've seen both and thought Soames was even worse in the second version. And I ❤️ Fleur (Susan Hampshire) in the first version. 7y
benchley1 @rubyslippersreads the new one with Rupert Graves. Yum. 7y
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My current read on the left. The first volume in an epic fantasy series by Janny Wurts (Curse of the Mistwraith) and the first read for 2018. The Forsyte Saga! It‘s 900 pages and I don‘t dare and try to pull it into this year because I don‘t like dragging semi-finished books across the finish line 😜 also my Cocker Spaniel Lola is terrible on photos because she‘s just a black blob.

Leniverse I have a couple of tomes still that I meant to read this year, but I'm not starting anything over 500 pages in December. They'll just have to wait for next year, as I like to start fresh. 7y
Vinjii @Leniverse Yes! The only thing I dragged over last year was Infinite Jest which I feel will become my nemesis 😂 7y
Leniverse Well, I have some "collected fiction" etc that will get carried over. And I guess my nemesis is The Second Sex. I read part one last year and haven't touched it this year. ? 7y
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KVanRead An adorable black blob!❤️ 7y
ValerieAndBooks Still very cute 🖤🖤🖤!! My parents are serial owners of Scottie dogs and that breed is hard to photograph too! 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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Always lots of rumors flying around the Forsyte family. #iheardarumor #augustgrrrl #foliofriday #foliofreaks #foliosociety

CrowCAH Soo pretty! 😍 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!!! 😊 7y
SharonGoforth 😍😍😍 7y
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Bette Lovely pic. 😊👍❤️📸 7y
RealLifeReading 😍😍😍😍 7y
RealBooks4ever Lovely! 💜 7y
Jess_Read_This Oh my! These are so pretty! 7y
Cinfhen Pretty😍😍😍 7y
LeahBergen Want!! 7y
Lmstraubie Pretty picture! 7y
erzascarletbookgasm These are gorgeous editions! 💙 7y
Kalalalatja Eeeeek, so pretty! 😍😍😍 7y
writerlibrarian So pretty ... 7y
readinginthedark This series! ❤️❤️❤️Galsworthy was brilliant! 7y
AvidReader25 This has been on my TBR list for too long. Did you love it? 7y
rubyslippersreads @Avidreader25 Yes—I've read the entire nine-book series twice. 7y
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A #familyaffair saga published in several volumes between 1906 and 1921 that is simply one of the best! A compelling work of fiction that shows how everything was starting to change vis-a-vis marriage, sexuality and gender in the early part of the twentieth century. Unputdownable.

#augustgrrrl

JenP Great one! 7y
Abailliekaras Love this! For my 40th I requested books instead of gifts; my aunt gave me an old edition of The Man of Property as it had been my grandmother's favourite. Can't believe I forgot it for this prompt! Haven't read the others as I want to find the matching Collins editions ... #booknerdproblems 7y
Cinfhen Well played 👏🏻👏🏻😻❣️ 7y
LeahBergen I have A Man of Property 👍🏻 7y
readinginthedark I love Galsworthy! I still need to finish the last few books in this series...good reminder! 7y
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rubyslippersreads
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The first #saga that came to mind. These are the family tree endpapers from my vintage #FolioSociety set. #FolioFreaks. #jubilantjuly

EvieBee Wow! I would love to own these Folio editions. I was obsessed with the Masterpiece Theater series. 7y
Andrea313 Gorgeous!!! ❤ 7y
Lmstraubie So pretty 😍 7y
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rubyslippersreads @EvieBeeReads These were my mom's. We loved the Masterpiece Theater series too. 7y
ValerieAndBooks Love it. Reminds me of old-fashioned redwork quilts. 7y
LeahBergen I just watched the series this year. ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen The old one or the new one? 7y
LeahBergen The newer (2002?) one. How is the older one? 7y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I prefer the older one. Susan Hampshire as Fleur is perfection! 7y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Well, now I have another series to watch! 👍🏼 7y
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This is the great story of the Forsytes. Their story contains wars, money, feuds, marriages and deaths, all centered in one way or another around Soames Forsyte and his (ex) wife Irene. I really did not know at times whose side I was on. No one is either good or bad, everyone is painfully human. Except for the beautiful Irene, whose thoughts we never know although her role is so important to the story and the people surrounding her. #1001books

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Rotary book sale take 2 part 3. My small fiction haul! The theme here is #1001books that are slow and long and thus hard to get through library copies of!

Audrey Forsyte Saga has been on my tbr for years. I have the soft back that I planned on having as a disposable travel book. Then ebooks happened. So I have a free down load of this book via Gutenberg. Still unread. But I hear it's really good. 7y
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This is Balthasar. He's named after the dog in the Forsyte Saga. He likes to sleep while I read. #dogsoflitsy @lemonlime799

StephanieY He's on Instagram if you'd like a ridiculous amount of photos of him @bouvierbalth 8y
queerbookreader Oh my god he's like a giant ball of fluff thank you so much for tagging me!! 8y
Oryx So cute. He has all the fluff! 8y
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I love Fleur from The Forsyte Saga, especially as portrayed by Susan Hampshire. #classiccharacter #octphotochallenge

AvidReader25 This has been on my TBR for years! 8y
ApoptyGina69 Mine too! I have a great edition, but still haven't cracked it open. 8y
rubyslippersreads @Avidreader25 @ApoptyGina69 It's well worth reading. 😀❤️📚 8y
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I have so many favorite classics, and the word "classic" is a loaded term that you or I could define most any way we want. Anyway, I read this multi-volume novel (published between 1906 and 1921) on my teeny-tiny iPhone 4 about four or five years ago and was completely and utterly enthralled.

#faveclassics #somethingforsept

DreesReads I really want to read this, and keep putting it off, for no apparent reason. 8y
shawnmooney @AudreyMorris I can't recommend it highly enough. It's such a spectacular bridge from the 19th to the 20th century, and tackles sexuality and love and marriage and family and gender and cheating and all those good things in a way that shocked me in a sit-up-and-pay-close-attention way, reading in the year 2012 or thereabouts… :-) 8y
Sara_Planz One of my absolute favorites. It's so juicy!! So much family drama! 8y
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Dogearedcopy I had old Scribner copies hanging around; but gave them away after a couple if years having dat unread in my TBR stacks. A couple weeks ago, I saw a boxed set at an antique mall that was tempting... And now I see it posted on litsy! I think perhaps "Gutenberg's Ghost" is trying to tell me something! ? 8y
Abailliekaras This was my grandmother's fave classic & given to me recently - I've finished Man of Property and loved it - look forward to the rest! 8y
LeahBergen Coincidentally, I am almost finished watching the 2003 (?) BBC miniseries right now! 8y
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readinginthedark
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Not re-reading during the marathon, but this is my favorite dysfunctional family! #24in48 #readathon

rubyslippersreads Mine too! 8y
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A behemoth of a book I'm currently reading, well, more like picked it back up. School is keeping me so busy but I needed a mental and visual break from my computer and device screens. I'm not very far in this book but I am throughly enjoying it. The slower pace is a nice change.

MrBook Wow, that is a big one! 8y
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If you love Downton Abbey and you're jonesing for a juicy British saga, this one's for you.