The Forsytes

By Suleika Dawson

Book Overview

Starting in the summer of 1939, this is a sequel to Galsworthy's Forsyte saga, which ended in 1926 with the death of Soames. When Jon's wife is accidentally killed, Fleur secretly sets out to regain... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856192555
• ISBN13: 9781856192552
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not quite galsworthy but still enjoyable

I am of two minds about this book. It is not Galsworthy, of course. There is a tone, a descriptive quality that is missing. And the two authors have different sympathies. Michael has lost a lot of his personality, but Wilfred is very good, Jon is not bad. This author does not have any patience with Irene, which I never did, but I was saddened by Dinny and Eustace - I really like End of the Chapter triology the best of the Forsyte novels. She concentrates, and is best with Fleur and Kit. What the author has done is very interesting and is quite well written. I don't regret reading it and it is a worthy sequel, but it isn't Galsworthy.

So much better than expected...a page turner

I picked up this book with great suspicion. After all, sequels to famous literary works, NOT by the original author, don't usually bode well. Imagine someone trying to write a sequel to Lady Chatterley's Lover, or To Kill A Mockingbird. I have egg on my face...this book is really quite worthy a successor to Galsworthy. Not exactly like Galsworthy, but therein lies its charm. I was completely taken by this page-turner and can confidently urge the reader who wants more Forsytes to pick it up, for an enjoyable reading experience. Very much a keeper, for those who wanted more of the saga. And, also, much, much better & in true spirit to the original Galsworthy books than the awful recent television adaptation of the Forsyte Saga.

The book that Galsworthy should have written.

I picked this book up with some suspicion. After all how can anyone ever even hope to capture the fullness of the Forsyte characters and their emotions. I had worried that this book would lack authority because Galsworthy had not written it. I should not have been so concerned. This finely constructed piece of work was a real page turner. I wanted more Forsytes and this gave it to me. I have seen this book described as vastly inferior it isn't. Ignore small minded snobbery and start reading it. Soon you will forget that this is a book by Dawson and not Galsworthy. Dawson is clearly an expert on the Forsytes as the whole story fits in perfectly with Galsworthy's writings. It is well documented that Galsworthy was inspired by his own life and relationships and that too is reflected by the use that Dawson makes of Robin Hill. Very clever! Part of the story with the professor left me thinking " what's this for?" but then so did some of Galsworthy's. The story is certainly well planned to come to a climax near the end of the book. Frankly I want some more please. I have not reviewed the events described in the book because you really should read it for yourself. Well done Ms. Dawson.