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), Soames Forsyte, June Forsyte, Jolyon Forsyte
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, British Literature, Historical, Nobel Prize, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 4509
series: The Forsyte Chronicles, The Forsyte Saga
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks