While Soames’ journey through life was difficult, I didn’t feel much sympathy for him as I found him quite pompous and rigid. I have to admit that by the third book I was quite tired of reading about Soames and Irene as well as their overdone “soap opera” plot. While the main focus of the story is on the disintegration of the marriage between Soames Forsyte and his wife, Irene, and the interactions between these two and their families, there are other plots involving this multi-generational family that revolve around the expansion of their wealth and the price paid for this obtainment. The Forsytes are an upper-middle class family that have good expectations of improving their status. This is a family saga about money, morals and class at the beginning of the 20th century. This version of The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy is over 800 pages and consists of 3 books A Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let as well as 2 short interludes Indian Summer and Awakening.
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