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Sir John Galsworthy
The Country House from John Galsworthy. English novelist and playwright, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 (1867-1933).
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A facsimile reprint of Galsworthy’s 1913 novel.
In his old age, Soames Forsyte has mellowed into a patient and benign figure, guarding with especial tenderness the welfare of his daughter, Fleur. But all his watchfulness and devotion…
Maid in Waiting is the beginning novel in the last trilogy of John Galsworthys Forsyte Chronicles, about the lives and times, loves and losses of the family of propertied Victorians…
Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy chronicles the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family through three generations in England.
John Galsworthy OM ( 14 August 1867 - 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy…
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive…
Contents Include: 1. HALL-MARKED, 2. DEFEAT, 3. THE SUN, 4. PUNCH AND GO, 5. THE FIRST AND THE LAST, 6. THE LITTLE MAN
To Let is the conclusion of John Galsworthy’s epic Forsyte Saga, the first trilogy in the nine-volume Forsyte Chronicles, which follows the fortunes of the venerable Forsyte family, a moneyed…
John Galsworthy’s celebrated Forsyte Saga, consisting of three novels and two interludes, completely reinvented and revitalised the family saga in the early twentieth century. Masterfully written and utterly absorbing to…
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes, they chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family, similar to Galsworthy’s own. Only…
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""A Motley"" is a novel written by John Galsworthy and published in 1910. The story revolves around the life of a young man named Nick Dormer, who is the son…
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The compulsive second novel in The Forsyte Saga pulsates with passion and furious enmity
English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire…
WILDER. [Breaking in fussily.] It’s a regular mess. I don’t like the position we’re in; I don’t like it; I’ve said so for a long time. [Looking at WANKLIN.] When…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Emerging from the pastry-cook’s, Soames’ first impulse was to vent his nerves by saying to his daughter: ‘Dropping your hand-kerchief!’ to which her reply might well be: ‘I picked that…
After his journey up from Dover, Shelton was still fathering his luggage at Charing Cross, when the foreign girl passed him, and, in spite of his desire to say something…
Subjects: London (England) – FictionNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition…
The face of the coachman monopolized the light of the solitary station lantern. Rosy-gilled, with inscrutably pursed lips, it presided high up in the easterly air like an emblem of…
The little spirits of the past which throng an old man’s days had never pushed their faces up to his so seldom as in the seventy hours elapsing before Sunday…
The author’s recollection of a favorite black cocker spaniel dog, beautifully illustrated. John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of…
Clare Charwell has just fled her sadistic husband in Ceylon and boarded a ship back to England. On the boat, she meets the charming Tony Croom, who falls madly in…
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GLADYS. ‘Tisn’t, winter now–Ascension Day. I saw her cumin’ out o’ Dr. Desert’s house. I know ‘twas her because she had on a blue dress an’ a proud luke. Mother…
Short excerpt: His head was round his cheeks fat and well-coloured his lips red and full under a black moustache and he was regarding us through very thick and half-closed…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
THIS 94 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Representative Plays by John Galsworthy, by John Galsworthy. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 141790657X.
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
The curtain rises on the BARTHWICK’S dining-room large modern and well furnished; the window curtains drawn. Electric light is burning. On the large round dining-table is set out a tray…
Short blurb of dialogue: Hallo! Roses in December. I say Freda your father missed a wigging this morning when they drew blank at Warnham’s spinney. Where’s that litter of little…
Short excerpt: SIR CHARLES is an upright well-groomed grey-moustached red-faced man of sixty-seven with a keen eye for molehills and none at all for mountains. LADY DEDMOND has a firm…
Short excerpt: It isn’t enough to love people because they’re good to you or because in some way or other you’re going to get something by it. We have to…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.
HILLCRIST. Well, when I sold Hornblower Longmeadow and the cottages, I certainly found him all right. All the same, he’s got the cloven hoof. [Warming up] His influence in Deepwater…
