description: The most prized item in Soames Forstye's collection of beautiful things is his wife, the enigmatic Irene. But when she falls in love with Bosinney, a penniless architect who utterly rejects the Forsyte values, their affair touches off a series of events which can only end in disgrace and disaster.John Galsworthy tackles his theme of the demise of the upper-middle classes with irony and compassion.
language: English
title: The Forsyte Saga, Part 1
titlecomplete: The Forsyte Saga, Part 1
characters: Irene Forsyte (Heron), June Forsyte, Soames Forsyte, Jolyon Forsyte
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Historical, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, British Literature
ratings_count: 4509
series: The Forsyte Saga, The Forsyte Chronicles
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks