John Galsworthy

The Country House (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Country House" by John Galsworthy is a novel set in the English countryside that examines the lives of the aristocracy during the Edwardian era. The story revolves around the Pendyces, a wealthy family who own a grand estate known as Worsted Skeynes. The novel explores themes of family legacy, social class, and the tension between tradition and change. At the heart of the novel is the marriage between Horace Pendyce, the patriarch of the family, and his wife Margery. Their marriage is strained, largely, due to Horace's rigid adherence to tradition and the expectations of aristocratic life. This tension is further exacerbated by the affair between their son, George, and a married woman, Mrs. Jasper Bellew. George's infidelity becomes a source of scandal, threatening the family's reputation and challenging the established social norms. Galsworthy uses the Pendyce family's struggles to explore the emotional conflicts that arise within the confines of aristocratic life. The novel delves into the complexities of marriage, infidelity, and the impact of societal expectations on individual desires. The story reflects the broader societal changes of the time, particularly the gradual erosion of the traditional aristocratic way of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789365782233
• Artikelnr.: 73554106

Autorenporträt

John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist who lived from 14 August 1867 to 31 January 1933. His novels, The Forsyte Saga, and two more trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter, are his best-known works. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Galsworthy, who came from a wealthy upper-middle-class family, was expected to become a lawyer, but he found the profession unappealing, so he resorted to literature. Before his first book, The Man of Property, about the Forsyte family, was released in 1897, he was thirty years old. It wasn't until that book the first of its kind that he saw true popularity. His debut play, The Silver Box, had its London premiere the same year. As a writer, he gained notoriety for his socially conscious plays that addressed issues such as the politics and morality of war, the persecution of women, the use of solitary confinement in prisons, the battle of workers against exploitation, and jingoism. The patriarch, Old Jolyon, is based on Galsworthy's father, and the Forsyte family in the collection of books and short tales known as The Forsyte Chronicles is comparable to Galsworthy's family in many aspects.