Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga is a family Chronicle by John Galsworthy. The story is told In three parts of the rich and arrogant Forsyte family, who under a thick layer of gold and good manners accident and dramatics predominate.

Example par excellence is the marriage between Soames Forsyte and impecunious Irene Heron. He is Victorian; arrogant, squeamish and selfish. She is nice, modern and suffers in silence under her difficult marriage.They deposit in an affair with the handsome architect Philip Bosinney, who dies as Irene there with him off wants to go. Then the marriage is finally over, but it does not come to a separation. It was only years later, in 1901, the separation between Soames and Irene pronounced. Soames married the Frenchwoman marries Annette and Soames, Jolyon cousin Irene. From both marriages is 1 child born: get a daughter, Fleur, Soames and Annete and Jolyon and Irene a son. And of course, these two handsome young people as a block for each other ...

Suleika Dawson has decades later the sequel written on the bestselling novel by John Galsworthy: Fleur. ' Fleur ' is about the life of Fleur, the daughter of Soames and Annete. The entire old generation of Forsytes is dead in the sequel of Dawson, though there were also many already dead and buried in the latter part of Galsworthy's trilogy.

The Forsyte Saga is made into a film twice, in 1967 and in 2002/2003. The first series ends with the death of Soames, just like the trilogy of Galsworthy. The second series of stops earlier, at the wedding of Fleur. In the first series is Soames Forsyte played by Nyree Dawn Porter and Irene by Eric Porter. In the second series are the leading roles played by Damian Lewis (Soames) and Halldora McNee (Irene)

In 1949 a movie based on Galsworthy's books, entitled The Forsyte Woman. However, so many characters in this film are added, omitted or changed that it actually but very little more to do with the original Forsyte Saga.

The Forsyte Saga is considered one of the masterpieces of English literature, because of its beautifully detailed characters and perfect portrait of Victorian times right up to the eve of World War II. Suleika Dawson has the ins and outs of the Forsyte family described just before, during and after the Second World War.