![]() The Forsytes are blind to this fact, clinging to their conventions and ‘brilliant respectability’. The saga begins as the nineteenth century is drawing to a close, and the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are becoming a dying section of society. Only a few generations removed from their farming ancestors, the family is keenly aware of its status as ‘new money’. The Forsyte Saga, which was first published under that title in 1922, is a set of novels which chronicle the vicissitudes of three generations of a large upper-middle-class English family whose wealth was based on business. ![]() The series re-ignited an interest in Galsworthy’s work, bringing the novels to a new generation of readers. ![]() It was a phenomenon in Britain: Soames and Irene’s marriage was the subject of national debate, and local vicars were reportedly asked to change the times of services so that their congregations could be home in time for ‘Forsyte.’ The final episode attracted over eighteen million viewers. The twenty-six-part series is widely considered to be the first modern TV costume drama. One of BBC TV’s greatest drama productions in the late sixties was the adaptation of John Galsworthy’s novels which make up The Forsyte Saga, the unfolding tale of an upper-middle-class family in London during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The Forsyte Saga David Stuart Davies looks at John Galsworthy’s classic novels that make up ‘The Forsyte Saga’ ![]()
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