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London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered - gloves, waistcoats, feathers and frocks - to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family are intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname 'the Buccaneer'. Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene - his most prized possession. With that meeting a chain of heartbreaking and tragic events is set in motion that will split the family to the very core...… (mehr)
Enjoyable insofar as it gives me more insight in the characters from tv-series The Forsyte Saga (2002), which are all relatively flat. This novel is the first of three books upon which the series is based. I love how the book tries to explain the emotions and considerations of all characters (and it turns out there are even more Forsyte family members than appear in the television series) involved in the plot. Galsworthy occasionally goes of into a philosophical rant about the London fog, leaves on trees, or the mysteries of human nature. These tangents are hard for me to follow. Another reason the book is difficult to read is that parts of the plot are communicated implicitly to the reader, by characters alluding to events in the most circumspect manner possible -- the characters being British and Victorian and true Forsytes. I've not decided whether I will continue with book 2. On the one hand, the book feels like bonus material for one of my favorite costume dramas. On the other hand, the writing style is not superenjoyable. ( )
You really need to take notes in the first chapter when you are introduced to 30+ characters, but then the story starts and it is wonderful. Truly satisfying book. The next two books are interesting, but not as powerful. The short story "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" is perfect after completing this book. ( )
Nearly five , got this out of the library in the 1980s and it was the only book in that period I started but didn't finish...strange but this has put me off all these years , thanks to Wordsworth editions for being so affordable so I started again,oh what I have been missing, so glad to find more than the three books I thought of to look forward to.... ( )
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Those privileged to be present at a family festival of the Forsytes have seen that charming and instructive sight - an upper middle-class family full of plumage.
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He had stopped to look in a picture shop, for Soames was an “amateur” of pictures, and had a little room in no. 62 Montpelier Square, full of canvases, stacked against the wall, which he had no room to hang.... he would enter this room on Sunday afternoons, to spend hours turning the pictures to the light, examining the marks on their backs, and occasionally making notes.
The inner decoration [of Soames’s house] favoured the First Empire and William Morris.... there were countless nooks resembling birds’ nests, and little things made of silver were deposited like eggs.
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London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered - gloves, waistcoats, feathers and frocks - to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family are intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname 'the Buccaneer'. Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene - his most prized possession. With that meeting a chain of heartbreaking and tragic events is set in motion that will split the family to the very core...
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