The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1) by John Galsworthy Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book

The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1) by John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933)
Genre(s): Family Life, Published 1900 onward

Read by: Peter Dann in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Dedication and Preface
00:08:42 - 01 - 'At home' at Old Jolyon's
00:49:04 - 02 - Old Jolyon goes to the opera
01:22:39 - 03 - Dinner at Swithin's
01:54:18 - 04 - Projection of the house
02:14:56 - 05 - A Forsyte ménage
02:29:18 - 06 - James at large
02:49:32 - 07 - Old Jollyon's peccadillo
03:07:01 - 08 - Plans of the house
03:25:04 - 09 - Death of Aunt Ann
03:45:32 - 10 - Progress of the house
04:01:57 - 11 - June's treat
04:16:44 - 12 - Drive with Swithin
04:40:10 - 13 - James goes to see for himself
05:03:00 - 14 - Soames and Bosinney correspond
05:34:05 - 15 - Old Jolyon at the zoo
05:47:18 - 16 - Afternoon at Timothy's
06:14:09 - 17 - Dance at Roger's
06:32:50 - 18 - An evening at Richmond
06:56:01 - 19 - Diagnosis of a Forsyte

At its heart, this is not so much the story of two might-be, could-be lovers whose blossoming liaison threatens to destroy the marriage of an upper-middle-class London lawyer as a study in family dynamics, exploring how different members of the lawyer's extended family respond when confronted with evidence of this liaison. So well does Galsworthy capture the grip a dreary conservatism holds over almost the whole Forsyte family that his occasional excursions into the erotic acquire an undeniable power that at times feels almost creepy. (Summary by Peter Dann)