Author: John Galsworthy
Title: Man of Property
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1911. Leather. A late-Edwardian copy of the first novel in the Forsyte Sage by John Galsworthy. In this first novel of the Forsyte Saga, after introducing us to the impressive array of Forsytes headed by the formidable Aunt Ann, Galsworthy moves into the main action of the saga by detailing Soames Forsyte's desire to own things, including his beautiful wife, Irene Forsyte (née Heron). He is jealous of her friendships and wants her to be his alone. He concocts a plan to move her to the country, to Robin Hill and a house he had built, away from everyone she knows and cares about. She resists his grasping intentions, falls in love with the architect Philip Bosinney who has been engaged by Soames to build the house and has an affair with him. However, Bosinney is the fiancé of her friend June Forsyte, the daughter of Soames's cousin 'Young' Jolyon. There is no happy ending: Irene leaves Soames after he asserts what he perceives to be his ultimate right on his property he rapes Irene, and Bosinney dies under the wheels of a cab after being driven frantic by the news of Irene's rape by Soames. In a half-morocco binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing, and some wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and generally clean, with just a few patches of foxing. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Property Forsyte Soames Forsyte None
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Title: Man of Property
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1911. Leather. A late-Edwardian copy of the first novel in the Forsyte Sage by John Galsworthy. In this first novel of the Forsyte Saga, after introducing us to the impressive array of Forsytes headed by the formidable Aunt Ann, Galsworthy moves into the main action of the saga by detailing Soames Forsyte's desire to own things, including his beautiful wife, Irene Forsyte (née Heron). He is jealous of her friendships and wants her to be his alone. He concocts a plan to move her to the country, to Robin Hill and a house he had built, away from everyone she knows and cares about. She resists his grasping intentions, falls in love with the architect Philip Bosinney who has been engaged by Soames to build the house and has an affair with him. However, Bosinney is the fiancé of her friend June Forsyte, the daughter of Soames's cousin 'Young' Jolyon. There is no happy ending: Irene leaves Soames after he asserts what he perceives to be his ultimate right on his property he rapes Irene, and Bosinney dies under the wheels of a cab after being driven frantic by the news of Irene's rape by Soames. In a half-morocco binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing, and some wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and generally clean, with just a few patches of foxing. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Property Forsyte Soames Forsyte None
Price: GBP 190.00 = appr. US$ 271.32 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH10-F-21
- Book number: LTH10-F-21
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