THE FORSYTE SAGA
Sir,-As William lingey says, Galsworthy wrote six novels dealing with the life of Soames Forsyte. But the term "Forsyte Saga" was used by the author as the name of the trilogy consisting of the first three only. The main theme of the "Saga" is the story of Soames and his first wife Irene, who disappears from the scene at the end of To Let; by which time all the old Forsytes are dead. The second trilogy, which the author named "A Modern Comedy" is very different from the first. The scene in England in the uneasy twenties; Soames is still alive, but the "Comedy’s" true hero is not he, but his son-in-law Michael Mont, a young Tory politician of much the same age and background as Britain’s present Prime Minister. Finally, the name of the third trilogy is not "End of the. Story," but "End of the Chapter." The difference is great, for while England lasts the Forsvte story will never end.
P. A. J.
WATSON
(Helensville).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 950, 25 October 1957, Page 11
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170THE FORSYTE SAGA New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 950, 25 October 1957, Page 11
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