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  • Written by: John Galsworthy
  • Narrated by: David Timson
  • Length: 38 hrs and 7 mins
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John Galsworthy's magnificent trilogy of power and passion chronicles the wealthy Forsyte family. As the disintegrating values of the Victorian era progress to World War I and the political uncertainty of the 1930s, the family's material and emotional struggles are set within the dwindling status of the affluent middle-classes. 

Infused with warmth, compassion and engaging characters, the complete chronicles are divided into three volumes, containing nine books and four interludes in total. In Volume One, The Forsyte Saga, Soames Forsyte - the "man of property" - is desperate to uphold values and conventions that are becoming out of step with the time. His most prized possession is his strikingly beautiful wife, Irene, but she is profoundly unhappy; the bitterness only builds, and the events that follow are set to ripple through the next generation of Forsytes. 

This Forsyte trilogy contains book one: The Man of Property, Interlude: Indian Summer of a Forsyte; book two: In Chancery, Interlude: Awakening; and book three: To Let.

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Public Domain (P)2020 Naxos Audiobooks
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Solid story and wonderfully narrated.

I've read the books, seen the mini-series, and listened to the BBC radio drama... so I was eager to listen to the audiobooks of this wonderful saga. Finally someone pronounces Irene's name as Eye-ree-ne. :) David Timson is a solid book and radio drama narrator. I have listened to him several times before and love his performances. However, there was something in his cadence that bugged me a bit in some places. I will definitely listen to this story again and I do recommend this to others! In fact, I bought Vol 2 & 3 after listening to this one.

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