Length193h 10m
About this audiobook
From the Four Winds, a collection of short stories, was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897. These and several subsequent works were published under the pen name of John Sinjohn, and it was not until The Island Pharisees (1904) that he began publishing under his own name, probably owing to the recent death of his father. His first full-length novel, Jocelyn, was published in an edition of 750 under the name of John Sinjohn, he later refused to have it republished. His first play, The Silver Box (1906),—in which the theft of a prostitute's purse by a rich 'young man of good family' is placed beside the theft of a silver cigarette case from the rich man's father's house by 'a poor devil', with very different repercussions, though justice was clearly done in each case—became a success, and he followed it up with The Man of Property (1906), the first book of a Forsyte trilogy. Although he continued writing both plays and novels, it was as a playwright that he was mainly appreciated at the time. Along with those of other writers of the period, such as George Bernard Shaw, his plays addressed the class system and other social issues, two of the best known being Strife (1909) and The Skin Game (1920). He is now far better known for his novels, particularly The Forsyte Saga, his trilogy about the eponymous family and connected lives. These books, as with many of his other works, deal with social class, and upper-middle class lives in particular. Although sympathetic to his characters, he highlights their insular, snobbish, and acquisitive attitudes and their suffocating moral codes. He is viewed as one of the first writers of the Edwardian era who challenged some of the ideals of society depicted in the preceding literature of Victorian England. The depiction of a woman in an unhappy marriage furnishes another recurring theme in his work. The character of Irene in The Forsyte Saga is drawn from Ada Pearson, though her previous marriage was not as miserable as that of the character.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.5 (27)
Includes Amazon, Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length193 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1FORSYTE SAGA: PREFACE:
26CHAPTER XIII
2THE MAN OF PROPERTY
27CHAPTER XIV
3PART I
28PART III
4CHAPTER I
29CHAPTER I
5CHAPTER II
30CHAPTER II
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER III
31CHAPTER IV
7CHAPTER IV
32CHAPTER III
8CHAPTER V
33CHAPTER V
9CHAPTER VI
34CHAPTER VI
10CHAPTER VII
35CHAPTER VII
11CHAPTER VIII
36CHAPTER VIII
12CHAPTER IX
37CHAPTER IX
13PART II
38VOLUME II
14CHAPTER I
39INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE
15CHAPTER II
40I
16CHAPTER III
41II
17CHAPTER IV
42III
18CHAPTER V
43IV
19CHAPTER VI
44IN CHANCERY
20CHAPTER VII
45PART 1
21CHAPTER VIII
46CHAPTER I
22CHAPTER IX
47CHAPTER II
23CHAPTER X
48CHAPTER III
24CHAPTER XI
49CHAPTER IV
25CHAPTER XII
50CHAPTER V
Series
Five TalesJohn Galsworthy10h 29m3.9 (40)$2.30
Blühende WildnisJohn Galsworthy10h 56m4.2 (1.6K)$2.30
Die Forsyte Saga Teil 2John Galsworthy12h 9m4.4 (2.8K)$2.30
Der reiche MannJohn Galsworthy13h 55m4.0 (7.5K)$2.30
NachsommerJohn Galsworthy2h 29m4.2 (3.1K)$2.30
JusticeJohn Galsworthy2h 48m3.6 (190)$2.30
The Forsyte Saga - CompleteJohn Galsworthy35h 54m4.3 (25.5K)$2.30
Die Ersten und die LetztenJohn Galsworthy2h 25m3.6 (124)$2.30
A CommentaryJohn Galsworthy3h 51m$2.30
Über den StromJohn Galsworthy12h 40m4.0 (760)$2.30
Der weiße AffeJohn Galsworthy13h 34m4.1 (1.7K)$2.30
JenseitsJohn Galsworthy11h 47m3.8 (309)$2.30
Die dunkle BlumeJohn Galsworthy10h 10m3.6 (818)$2.30
Das HerrenhausJohn Galsworthy10h 33m3.7 (146)$2.30
Die Forsyte Saga Teil 3John Galsworthy11h 34m4.2 (2.6K)$2.30
Zu vermietenJohn Galsworthy11h 34m4.2 (3.3K)$2.30
The FreelandsJohn Galsworthy11h 7m3.7 (211)$2.30
Die Forsyte-SagaJohn Galsworthy12h 9m4.3 (42K)$2.30
Ein Mädchen wartetJohn Galsworthy13h 41m3.9 (790)$2.30
Der PatrizierJohn Galsworthy11h 53m3.7 (629)$2.30
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
Winnie-the-PoohAlan Alexander Milne2h 52m4.5 (401.1K)$3 · $0.00
Sitting PrettyRebekah Taussig7h 33m4.5 (18.9K)$26 · $0.00
The Poetic Edda & The Prose EddaSnorri Sturluson, Saemund Sigfusson9h 34m4.5 (4K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Satires & Essays of Mark Twain (Annotated)Mark Twain23h 21m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
The Forsyte Saga (The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To Let) (Annotated)John Galsworthy37h 4m4.3 (24.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Forsyte SagaJohn Galsworthy42h 40m4.2 (36.8K)$40
The Forsyte Saga - CompleteJohn Galsworthy35h 54m4.3 (25.5K)$2.30
The Man of PropertyJohn Galsworthy13h 48m3.9 (5.6K)$25
The Forsyte SagaJohn Galsworthy37h4.3 (27.5K)$2 · $0.00
New Grub StreetGeorge Gissing21h 2m4.0 (8.9K)$21 · $0.00
The Forsyte Saga, Volume IJohn Galsworthy11h 33m4.1 (24.3K)Free
The Purple DiariesJoseph B. Egan8h 44m4.0 (1.5K)$20
The Forsyte Saga - Complete SeriesJohn Galsworthy112h 7m4.2 (35.1K)$1 · $0.00
He Knew He Was RightAnthony Trollope36h 3m4.0 (8.1K)$2.30
Where Angels Fear to TreadE. M. Forster5h 36m3.7 (23.3K)$2.30 · $0.00
MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot34h 44m4.2 (224.8K)$21 · $0.00
WASHINGTON SQUAREHenry James8h 45m4.0 (54K)$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels CollectionJane Austen69h 25m4.6 (48.3K)$12 · $0.00
A Woman of Thirty (Annotated)Honoré de Balzac9h 14m3.6 (7.8K)$2 · $0.00
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy33h 35m4.3 (1.1M)$30
Vanity FairMakepeace Thackeray35h 5m4.0 (158.7K)$2 · $0.00
He Knew He Was RightAnthony Trollope29h 46m4.0 (8.1K)$23 · $0.00
In ChanceryJohn Galsworthy10h 56m4.3 (2.8K)$21
Old New York (Four-Book Collection) (Annotated)Edith Wharton10h 9m4.1 (3.2K)$0.99 · $0.00