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THE FORSYTE SAGA: In Chancery by John Galsworthy ABOUT THE FORSYTE SAGA: The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize-winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large commercial upper-middle-class English family, similar to Galsworthy's own. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as “new money“. The main character, Soames Forsyte, sees himself as a “man of property“ by virtue of his ability to accumulate material possessions - but this does not succeed in bringing him pleasure. ABOUT THE BOOK: The marital discord of both Soames and his sister Winifred is the subject of the second novel (the title references the Court of Chancery, which deals with domestic issues). They take steps to divorce their spouses, Irene and Montague Dartie
