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The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large upper-middle-class English family that is similar to ...
- John Galsworthy
- 1906
Jun 21, 2018 · The Forsyte Saga is the best-known work of English novelist John Galsworthy (1867-1933). The story covers the events and history of a large upper middle-class family between the late Victorian era and the 1920s. Dramatic interest centres on unhappy marriages, the problems of divorce, and the powerful influence of one generation on the next.
As quoted in the 2016 biography Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography by Robert Sellers, Susan Engel told the biographer that Eric Porter was gay: "His memorable BAFTA Best Actor Award-winning performance as Soames in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga should have led to greater things, but it didn't. 'He couldn't cope with his own sexuality,' says Susan.
Her grandfather Old Jolyon (Corin Redgrave)—the Forsyte family patriarch—will allow her to marry Bosinney if he can manage to bring in four hundred pounds a year. Soames pays him that and more ...
Irene Heron Forsyte, Soames’s estranged wife, who is determined to get away from Soames. In Young Jolyon, she has a dependable, understanding friend and, in time, a devoted lover.
Old Jolyon, the patriarch of the family, having made a fortune in tea. James, a solicitor, married to Emily, the most tranquil woman. Swithin, James's twin brother with aristocratic pretensions. Julia (Juley), a fluttery dowager. Hester, an old maid. Nicholas, the wealthiest in the family. Roger, "the original Forsyte". Susan, married sister.
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Irene (Greer Garson) is the wife of Soames Forsyte (Errol Flynn), a Victorian "man of property."Irene married without love, after having many proposals. Soames is preoccupied with material possessions, and considers Irene to be one of them.
