Publication

1962 - Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England

Language

English

Word Count

79,750 words, Guess

Page Count

319 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823.91

Description

The sequel to The Man of Property, published some fourteen years previously, this novel concentrates on the marital failures of Soames Forsyte and to a lesser extent that of his sister Winifred Dartie and on the building antipathy between Soames and his cousin Young Jolyon Forsyte who develops a friendship with Soames' estranged wife Irene. This friendship eventually leads to an affair and Irene's divorce from Soames.

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Series Statement

  • Forsyte chronicles -- no.2

Other Editions

  • In chancery: book two of the Forsyte sagaPenguin Books1962-01-01
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