John Galsworthy

Broschiertes Buch

The Eldest Son Series 2

Beschreibung

The Eldest Son Series 2 by John Galsworthy is a play set in a well-appointed and spacious oak-paneled hall, with a large oak staircase and an inviting log fire burning in the fireplace. The hall connects to the drawing room, dining room, and billiard room, while a door leads to the servants' quarters. The story centers around Freda Studdenham, a lady's maid, who stands at the foot of the staircase holding bunches of white and yellow roses. Sir William Cheshire, a man in his late fifties, enters the hall in evening dress, with a sturdy build and a choleric autocracy veiled by thin urbanity. He speaks before reaching the bottom of the staircase. The play explores the dynamic between Sir William, his eldest son, and his family. With Galsworthy's signature keen observation and emotional depth, The Eldest Son Series 2 offers a powerful portrayal of familial relationships and the complexities of inheritance, class, and tradition.

Autor

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 85g
• ISBN-13: 9789359395418
• ISBN-10: 9359395412
• Artikelnr.: 70539481