The Forsyte Saga
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The Forsyte Saga is a series of novels by John Galsworthy that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and moral dilemmas of an upper-middle-class English family from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century.
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel series ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Forsyte Saga
self-linksurface differs
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The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)
The Forsyte Saga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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The Forsyte Saga (2002 TV series)
radio drama adaptations ⓘ |
| author | John Galsworthy ⓘ |
| awarded | Nobel Prize in Literature context ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Irene Forsyte
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Jolyon Forsyte ⓘ Soames Forsyte ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Awakening
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In Chancery ⓘ The Forsyte Saga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Indian Summer of a Forsyte
The Man of Property ⓘ To Let ⓘ |
| contributedTo | John Galsworthy Nobel Prize in Literature 1932 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
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realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | upper-middle-class English family members ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
A Modern Comedy
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End of the Chapter ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | later British family sagas ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Forsyte family ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | late Victorian era to early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Victorian values
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detailed portrayal of upper-middle-class English life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1906–1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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London, England ⓘ
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London
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| structure | interlinked novels and interludes ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
class and status
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marriage and divorce ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ property and ownership ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfFictionalEvents | circa 1880s–1920s ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Forsyte Saga (2002 TV series)
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The Forsyte Saga: To Let
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Indian Summer of a Forsyte
subject surface form:
John Galsworthy
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The Forsyte Saga cycle
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The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property, In Chancery, To Let