John Galsworthy

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The First And The Last Series 6

Beschreibung

The First and the Last' is a novel in Series 6 of the Forsyte Chronicles, written by John Galsworthy. The story takes place on a November evening in Keith Darrant's study, where he sits asleep in an old brown velvet coat and red Turkish slippers. Keith is a man with a dark, clean-cut face, dark frizzling hair, and dark twisting eyebrows. The novel is a character study of Keith Darrant, who is a successful barrister but also a man who is deeply unhappy in his personal life. He has a secret love affair with a married woman, but he cannot find the courage to break it off, even though he knows it is wrong. As the story unfolds, we see Keith struggling with his conscience and trying to come to terms with his actions. The book is a poignant exploration of love, duty, and morality, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century England. 'The First and the Last' is a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers today.

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: 34
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 58g
• ISBN-13: 9789359395432
• ISBN-10: 9359395439
• Artikelnr.: 70538517