John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
Forfatter af The Forsyte Saga
Om forfatteren
At age 28, after a gentlemanly education at Harrow and Oxford, and a training at law, Galsworthy settled into simultaneous careers as a novelist and a playwright. The Silver Box, Galsworthy's first successful drama, was staged in 1906, the year he published the first volume of what was to become vis mere The Forsyte Saga. His one-word titles - Justice (1910), Strife (1909), Loyalties (1922)---suggest the nature of Galsworthy's artistic ambition: to generalize a social indictment, keeping faith with the objective methods of naturalism. In each, Galsworthy favors an austere irony and unresolvable situations, and balanced moral positions are displayed in the cabinetwork of "well-made" playwrighting. Reputed to have led to reforms in its time, his realism today seems contrived to produce aesthetic distance and a sense of resignation that is precisely what contemporary political dramatists strain hardest to avoid. Not surprisingly, critics have come away from revivals with the sense that (especially in his spare language) Galsworthy anticipates Harold Pinter rather than more socially engaged playwrights. Galsworthy wrote novels and plays alternately throughout his life. His masterwork, The Forsyte Saga, begun in 1906 and finished in 1928, and consisting of six separate novels and two linking interludes, is the most famous example of the sequence novel in English literature. It is a study of the property sense, the possessive spirit, in different individuals and generations of English middle-class society. He also completed a second trilogy dealing with the Forsyte family, called A Modern Comedy (1928). His last trilogy, a study of the Charwell family, is called End of the Chapter (1933). Galsworthy's later years brought him many honors, including the presidency of P.E.N. and honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and several other universities. After World War I, he was offered a knighthood, which he refused. He did, however, accept the Order of Merit in 1929, and in 1932 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He was, however, too ill to attend the Nobel ceremony and died within two months of receiving the award. Although his posthumous reputation had waned, the centenary of his death, in 1967, brought a re-creation of The Forsyte Saga on British and American television in serial form. Interest in him skyrocketed, and the Forsyte novels again became bestsellers. With new popularity came fresh critical analysis. Pamela Hansford Johnson called The Forsyte Saga "a work of profound social insight and patchy psychological insight" (N.Y. Times). His critical writings include The Inn of Tranquility: Studies and Essays (1911) and Author and Critic. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af John Galsworthy
The Apple Tree: Tales from the Caravan, the Assembled Collection (Nonsuch Classics) (2004) 15 eksemplarer
Galsworthy Compact Edition : 6 Volume Set - The Forsyte Saga; The White Monkey; The Silver Spoon; Swan Song; Caravan;… (1929) 9 eksemplarer
Die Ersten und die Letzten . Ein Mann aus Devon — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
Addresses in America: 1919 4 eksemplarer
The Forsyte saga [DVD] 3 eksemplarer
Concerning the Palming of Cards 3 eksemplarer
THE FORSYTE SAGA VOLUME II & III 3 eksemplarer
Satires and a commentary 3 eksemplarer
Justice and Other Plays (Tauchnitz Edition Collection of British and American Authors Vol. 4362) 3 eksemplarer
A Long Ago Affair: Tales from Caravan, The Assembled Collection (Nonsuch Classics) (2005) 3 eksemplarer
The Burning Spear / Villa Rubein 3 eksemplarer
John Galsworthy: Jenseits - Roman einer Liebe 2 eksemplarer
The forest and six short plays (Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition) (1928) 2 eksemplarer
The Novels, Tales, and Plays of John Galsworthy 2 eksemplarer
The Forsyte Chronicles, Vol. 1: The Forsyte Saga 2 eksemplarer
Plays, Volume I: The Silver Box, Joy, Strife, The Eldest Son (The Novels, Tale, and Plays of John Galsworthy Volume XV… 2 eksemplarer
Four Forsyte Stories 2 eksemplarer
Новеллы 2 eksemplarer
[unidentified works] 2 eksemplarer
Landa in fiore. 1 eksemplar
Moderní komedie. Kniha III, Labutí zpěv 1 eksemplar
Ancella - Landa in fiore 1 eksemplar
John Galsworthy - A Bit O' Love: "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of… (2017) 1 eksemplar
The Dark Flower. Read by Toby Stephens [CD] 1 eksemplar
A stoic and the apple tree 1 eksemplar
Die Forsytes - Das Ende vom Lied 1 eksemplar
Die Goldenen Äpfel 1 eksemplar
Forsyte Saga, D7 1 eksemplar
La dinastia de los Forsyte 1 eksemplar
Als dated Oct 11 1925 1 eksemplar
Att Hyra Forsytesagan 1 eksemplar
En man från Devon och andra berättelser 1 eksemplar
Ancella 1 eksemplar
Forsytesagan. Bd 1, Förmöget folk 1 eksemplar
FORSYTE SAGA VOL2 1 eksemplar
Acme (Modern English Short Stories) 1 eksemplar
O Proprietário 1 eksemplar
Forsyte'ide saaga III 1 eksemplar
Forsyte'ide saaga II 1 eksemplar
Forsyte'ide saaga I 1 eksemplar
Kaasaegne komöödia II 1 eksemplar
Kaasaegne komöödia 1 eksemplar
LINGURA DE ARGINT COMEDIA MODERNA VOL2 1 eksemplar
FORSYTE SAGA VOL1 1 eksemplar
FORSYTE SAGA VOL3 1 eksemplar
Os novos Forsyte 1 eksemplar
Forsytesagan. Bd 3, Gryning ; Att hyra 1 eksemplar
Forsytesagan. Bd 4, På Forsytebörsen 1 eksemplar
HThe IForsyte saga 1 eksemplar
Denkwürdige Tage 1 eksemplar
The Silver Spoon by John Galsworthy 1 eksemplar
The Galsworthy reader. Edited by Anthony West 1 eksemplar
CINTECUL LEBEDEI/ COMEDIA MODERNA VOL3 1 eksemplar
Venkovské sídlo 1 eksemplar
Hand to Earth 1 eksemplar
Die forsyie saga 1 eksemplar
FLOAREA INTUNECATA 1 eksemplar
MAIMUTA ALBA/ COMEDIA MODERNA VOL1 1 eksemplar
Dincolo 1 eksemplar
The Juryman 1 eksemplar
On expression 1 eksemplar
Meisternovellen 1 eksemplar
The Forsyte Saga/A Modern Comedy 1 eksemplar
Ein Kommentar Menschen und Schatten 1 eksemplar
Ikke av denne verden 1 eksemplar
Der Menschenfischer 1 eksemplar
For love of beasts, 1 eksemplar
The bells of peace 1 eksemplar
Opere 1 eksemplar
Gesammelte Werke 1 eksemplar
A Forsyta- Saga l-ll-lll-lV. 1 eksemplar
John Galsworthy Collection 1 eksemplar
Modern Komédia 1-2 1 eksemplar
Forsytein taru. 2 1 eksemplar
Denkwürdige Tage Novellen 1 eksemplar
Manna (in Law in Lit) 1 eksemplar
A Família Forsyte II Livro 1 1 eksemplar
Three tales 1 eksemplar
International Thought 1 eksemplar
Forsytein taru 1 eksemplar
Best of John Galsworthy (boxed set of 2 volumes) 1 eksemplar
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1) 1 eksemplar
Quality,The Consummation 1 eksemplar
A nova geração - A saga dos Forsytes - Livro 3 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco (1960) — Bidragyder — 107 eksemplarer
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Bidragyder — 53 eksemplarer
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Contemporary Drama: European, English and Irish, American Plays (1941) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays: A Doll's House, Miss Julie, The Weavers, Mrs Warren's Profession, Three… (2010) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
The Reviewer, Volume II, Number 4 (January, 1922) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Best Legal Stories — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Reviewer, Volume II, Numbers 1-6 (October 1921-March 1922) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
50 seltsame Geschichten — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Rosemary — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Andre navne
- Sinjohn, John (pseudonym)
- Fødselsdato
- 1867-08-14
- Dødsdag
- 1933-01-31
- Begravelsessted
- Cremated
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Dødsårsag
- brain tumor
- Uddannelse
- New College, Oxford
- Erhverv
- novelist
dramatist - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Nobelprijs voor Literatuur (1932)
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The Silver Spoon af John Galsworthy
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Perhaps 3½ stars. Very well written as shown by the fact that Galsworthy managed to change my feelings about Soames from dislike bordering on hatred to sympathetic understanding in this first novel of "The Modern Comedy" but I missed the grand sweep of the family connections. This entry in The Forsyte Chronicles focuses almost exclusively on Soames & Fleur and a new couple called Bickett. Some of the other members of the Forsyte clan made fleeting appearances (such as June swooping in and enlightening Michael about Fleur's passion for her cousin Jon and then never appearing again). I hope that we see some more of the other branches of the family in the next installment!
… (mere)
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What a tragic story! Can't wait to see what happens in the next book!
4½ stars. What a fitting yet melancholy ending to the Forsyte saga! I even felt sorry for Soames by the end...
A word of warning -- this novel does NOT stand alone! To be appreciated, or even understood, the previous novels & 'interludes' of the series need to be read first.
A word of warning -- this novel does NOT stand alone! To be appreciated, or even understood, the previous novels & 'interludes' of the series need to be read first.
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