John Galsworthy

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The winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature, John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. He is celebrated for producing ‘The Forsyte Saga’, a series of novels that chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper middle-class family at the turn of the twentieth century. A prolific master of Edwardian literature, Galsworthy wrote over 20 novels, 28 plays, numerous collections of short stories, poetry and noted essays. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents John Galsworthy’s complete works, with rare texts, numerous illustrations, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

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Description

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Galsworthy’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 23 novels, with individual contents tables
* Includes Galsworthy’s first novel JOCEYLN, which he later refused to reprint – appearing for the first time in digital print
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the Edwardian texts
* Excellent formatting
* Special contents table for the ‘Forsyte Saga’ novels and their sequels
* Chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the essays, poetry and short stories
* The complete plays, fully indexed, with a special introductory essay by Leon Schalit
* Rare short story, poetry and essay collections
* Special criticism section, with essays by writers such as Joseph Conrad, evaluating Galsworthy’s contribution to literature
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Forsyte Books

The Novels
Jocelyn (1898)
Villa Rubein (1901)
The Island Pharisees (1904)
The Man of Property (1906)
The Country House (1907)
Fraternity (1909)
The Patrician (1911)
The Dark Flower (1913)
The Freelands (1915)
Beyond (1917)
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (1918)
Saint’s Progress (1919)
In Chancery (1920)
Awakening (1920)
The Burning Spear (1921)
To Let (1921)
The White Monkey (1924)
The Silver Spoon (1926)
Swan Song (1928)
Maid in Waiting (1931)
Flowering Wilderness (1932)
Over the River (1932)

The Novellas
A Man of Devon (1901)
A Knight (1901)
Salvation of a Forsyte (1901)
The Silence (1901)

The Short Story Collections
From the Four Winds (1897)
A Commentary (1900)
A Motley (1910)
The Inn of Tranquillity (1912)
Memories (1915)
The Little Man and Other Satires (1915)
Five Tales (1918)
Tatterdemalion (1920)
Captures (1923)
On Forsyte ’Change (1930)
Stories from ‘Forsytes, Pendyces and Others’ (1935)

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Plays
The Plays of John Galsworthy

The Poetry Collections
Early Poems
Devon and Other Songs for Music
In Time of War
For Love of Beasts
The Endless Dream

The Poems
List of Poems in Chronological Order
List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

The Non-Fiction
A Sheaf (1916)
Another Sheaf (1919)
Addresses in America (1919)
Foreword to ‘Ups and Downs’ (1920) by Stacy Aumonier
International Thought (1923)
Castles in Spain (1927)
Studies and Essays (1930)
The Creation of Character in Literature (1931)
Essays from ‘Forsytes, Pendyces and Others’ (1935)
Glimpses and Reflections (1937)

The Essays
List of Essays in Chronological Order
List of Essays in Alphabetical Order

The Criticism
John Galsworthy: An Appreciation by Peter Thomason
John Galsworthy by Joseph Conrad
A Glance at Two Books by Joseph Conrad
Galsworthy: A Survey by Leon Schalit

 

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