The Man of Property

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The Man of Property is a 1906 novel by John Galsworthy that serves as the first book of the Forsyte Saga, portraying the conflicts and moral decay within an upper-middle-class English family.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptedAs television series episodes in The Forsyte Saga (1967)
television series episodes in The Forsyte Saga (2002)
author John Galsworthy
centralTheme individual desire versus social convention
marital conflict
moral decay of the upper-middle class
property and ownership
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts conflicts within the Forsyte family
materialism of the British professional class
explores possessive love
tension between art and commerce
firstPublishedInForm book
focusesOn upper-middle-class English family
follows the life and marriage of Soames Forsyte
genre family saga
novel of manners
social novel
hasCharacter Soames Forsyte
surface form: James Forsyte

June Forsyte
Montague Dartie
Winifred Dartie
hasSequel In Chancery
To Let
literaryMovement Edwardian era
surface form: Edwardian literature
mainCharacter Irene Heron
Jolyon Forsyte
Jolyon Forsyte
surface form: Old Jolyon Forsyte

Soames Forsyte
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critical portrayal of the Forsyte family’s materialism
originalLanguage English
partOf The Forsyte Saga
partOfTrilogy The Forsyte Saga
surface form: The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property, In Chancery, To Let
publicationYear 1906
publisher William Heinemann
seriesPosition first book of The Forsyte Saga
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingPeriod late Victorian era

Referenced by (4)

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

The Forsyte Saga containsWork The Man of Property
In Chancery follows The Man of Property
John Galsworthy hasPart The Man of Property
John Galsworthy notableWork The Man of Property