Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery
    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery
    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery

    Written by John Galsworthy

    Narrated by Peter Joyce

    5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    In this, the second volume of the Saga to be released in an unabridged recording by Assembled Stories, Soames’ house continues to be built as his marriage disintegrates. Is Irene having an affair? Certainly her relationship with the architect Bosinney is causing ructions in the family.

    While attempting reconciliation with his son, Old Jolyon, spurred by June’s suffering as she feels herself losing her lover, sends Young Jolyon to sound the man’s intentions. In this meeting Young Jolyon reveals the essence of the Forsytes and warns Bosinney about the nature of the class he is defying: ‘A Forsyte is a man who is decidedly more than less a slave of property. He knows a good thing, he knows a safe thing, and his grip on property - it doesn’t matter whether it be wives, houses, money, or reputation – is his hallmark... they are the middle men, the commercials, the pillars of society, the cornerstones of convention; everything that is admirable.’

    Will the young man heed the warning or continue to cause more anguish within the family - and, much worse - scandal amongst its peers?


    Public Domain (P)2010 Assembled Stories

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAssembled Stories
    Release dateFeb 15, 2010
    ISBN9781860152672
    The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery
    Author

    John Galsworthy

    John Galsworthy was a Nobel-Prize (1932) winning English dramatist, novelist, and poet born to an upper-middle class family in Surrey, England. He attended Harrow and trained as a barrister at New College, Oxford. Although called to the bar in 1890, rather than practise law, Galsworthy travelled extensively and began to write. It was as a playwright Galsworthy had his first success. His plays—like his most famous work, the series of novels comprising The Forsyte Saga—dealt primarily with class and the social issues of the day, and he was especially harsh on the class from which he himself came.

    Related to The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2

    Titles in the series (10)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Eight Hot Trollopes

      Jun 17, 2019

      An experiment for 21st-century readers: let’s take a quick tour of the love scenes of a famous Victorian novelist to see if his writings still enflame. The post Eight Hot Trollopes appeared first on The Millions.

      12 min read

    • Article

      Nice Monsters

      Feb 27, 2024

      Nice Monsters
      7 min read

    • Article

      THE Reading room

      Nov 4, 2020

      THE Reading room
      4 min read

    • Article

      Minari

      Feb 25, 2021

      Minari
      5 min read

    • Article

      If Beale Street Could Talk

      Jan 10, 2019

      If Beale Street Could Talk
      5 min read

    • Article

      'Empire Of Wild' Tells A Small Story — But Not A Slight One

      Jul 29, 2020

      Cherie Dimaline's new novel seems small in scope — it's about a woman who loses her husband and is determined to bring him back, nothing more than that — but it's rich, tightly written and powerful.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Heol Fanog What Lies Beneath?

      Mar 23, 2023

      Heol Fanog What Lies Beneath?
      16 min read

    • Article

      Kindred Spirits: Books, Music, Art And More About Seeing Family

      Dec 12, 2022

      As leader of 2010s indie outfit the Maccabees, Orlando Weeks’s trembly, distinctive vocals marked him out as an unusually tender frontman. His 2020 solo debut A Quickening wears this sentimentality even more proudly, immortalising the joys and nerves

      2 min read

    • Article

      Unforgettable Fiction

      Apr 1, 2021

      Mpisi Mpisani is apoplectic with rage as he travels from Johannesburg to his home village to bury his mom who, it’s believed, was killed by his father through the use of sorcery. He swears he’ll murder his dad. However, more tragedy strikes when Mpis

      3 min read

    • Article

      Cads, Frauds & Cover-ups

      Mar 4, 2024

      by AJ Finn (HarperCollins, $36.99) This is the second thriller from AJ Finn; his first, Woman in the Window, was a bestseller. His backstory was a bestseller – until his stories about his brain cancer and his family’s fate turned out to be mostly bu

      2 min read

    • Article

      Minyan

      Jan 13, 2022

      Minyan
      2 min read

    • Article

      Behind Closed Doors

      Jun 19, 2022

      Behind Closed Doors
      3 min read

    • Article

      Back From The Dead

      Mar 25, 2022

      Back From The Dead
      9 min read

    • Article

      Alone with Kindred

      Sep 1, 2023

      Alone with Kindred
      12 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Peynado, Feng, Blau, and More

      May 11, 2021

      Here’s a quick look at books publishing this week from Brenda Peynado, Linda Rui Feng, and Jessica Anya Blau. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Peynado, Feng, Blau, and More appeared first on The Millions.

      3 min read

    • Article

      'Ben Is Back': Well-Acted Addiction Drama Loses Its Way

      Dec 6, 2018

      The first half is a tense, painfully real family drama about the lingering toll of opioid addiction; the second half lurches into thriller territory thick with stock types and cliches.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Nowhere Special

      Feb 25, 2021

      Nowhere Special
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2

    5/5

    2 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words