Forsyte family

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fictional family literary character group

The Forsyte family is a wealthy upper-middle-class English clan whose changing fortunes and rigid values are chronicled across generations in John Galsworthy’s series of novels.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Forsyte family canonical	12
Forsyte	7

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional family ⓘ literary character group ⓘ
appearsIn	A Man of Property ⓘ In Chancery ⓘ Swan Song ⓘ The Forsyte Saga ⓘ The Silver Spoon ⓘ The White Monkey ⓘ To Let ⓘ
associatedWith	English upper-middle class ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
authorNationality	British ⓘ
centralTheme	marriage and divorce ⓘ property and ownership ⓘ rigid moral values ⓘ social change ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
createdBy	John Galsworthy ⓘ
depicts	Edwardian society ⓘ Victorian society ⓘ
fictionalEthnicity	English ⓘ
firstAppearance	1906 ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork	A Man of Property ⓘ
genre	family saga ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Forsyte Saga ⓘ surface form: The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series) The Forsyte Saga ⓘ surface form: The Forsyte Saga (2002 TV series)
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Edwardian literature ⓘ
medium	novel series ⓘ
narrativeFunction	to illustrate the decline of a possessive bourgeois ethos ⓘ
notableMember	Fleur Forsyte ⓘ Irene Forsyte ⓘ Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ June Forsyte ⓘ Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ surface form: Old Jolyon Forsyte Soames Forsyte ⓘ Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ surface form: Young Jolyon Forsyte
partOf	The Forsyte Saga ⓘ surface form: The Forsyte Chronicles
socialClass	upper-middle class ⓘ
theme	class consciousness ⓘ conflict between individual desire and social convention ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ materialism ⓘ
timePeriodSetting	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Forsyte Saga → mainSubject → Forsyte family ⓘ

A Modern Comedy → features → Forsyte family ⓘ

End of the Chapter → featuresFamily → Forsyte family ⓘ

To Let → chronicles → Forsyte family ⓘ

Soames Forsyte → familyName → Forsyte family ⓘ