Swan Song
John Galsworthy · 1928
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Description
John Galsworthy closed the Forsyte chronicles with Swan Song, published in 1928. It ends both the second trilogy, A Modern Comedy, and Soames Forsyte's long story. Galsworthy had followed the family from Victorian wealth into the unsettled 1920s.
Fleur's unhappy love for Jon Forsyte burns on inside her marriage, while Soames grows old and oddly tender. The General Strike of 1926 shakes London in the background. A fire at Soames's house brings the saga's themes of property and love to a final test. Galsworthy gives his most possessive character a strangely moving end, and an age closes with him.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Galsworthy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1928 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 589 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |