Book info

• Title The Forsyte Saga
• Author John Glasworthy
• Year 1921
• Genre Classic

Chronicles the lives of three generations of the Forsyte family. Vicissitudes of leading members of upper class British family. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as 'new money'.

Thoughts

The word saga in the title is always going to be a bit intimidating, but actually this book (or compilation of books) was really easy to devour, and quite interesting too! Covering the sprawling family tree of Forsytes, we travel through several generations of marriage, divorce, births, deaths and more, watching as the family adapts to the changing world around it.

It was quite hard to keep track of all the different family members, although the story naturally gravitates around a small portion of them, so you only need to remember a few names here and there. I thought it got a bit incestuous as time went on. I can understand trying to create the drama and confusion of the complex situation, but I ended up just feeling like there are quite a lot more fish in the sea than just Forsyte fish!

So, I mostly enjoyed reading it, and felt like it came to a good, if not happy, ending!

Rating: 3 / 5