The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1) by John Galsworthy Part 2/2 | 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 - 20 - Bossiney on parole
00:10:05 - 21 - June pays some calls
00:29:24 - 22 - Perfection of the house
00:45:41 - 23 - Soames sits on the stairs
00:54:49 - 24 - Mrs. MacAnders' evidence
01:19:01 - 25 - Night in the park
01:29:09 - 26 - Meeting at the Botanical
01:59:42 - 27 - Voyage into the inferno
02:23:20 - 28 - The trial
02:42:07 - 29 - Soames breaks the news
03:05:08 - 30 - June's victory
03:23:21 - 31 - Bosinney's departure
03:43:48 - 32 - Irene's return

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)