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Like his contemporary Somerset Maugham, Galsworthy was known more in his early career for his plays than for his novels. Unlike Maugham, who abandoned the theatre thirty years before the end of his writing career, [89] Galsworthy continued writing plays, from The Silver Box in 1906 to The Roof in 1929. [90] As with Maugham, the plays are rarely revived, although the Forsyte Saga and some other novels have been regularly reissued. [6] [91] In the novels, Aunt Hester dies in 1907. In the televised series, she is still alive thirteen years later. Gindin, James (1987). John Galsworthy's Life And Art: An Alien's Fortress. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-40812-4.Fréchet, Alec (1982) [1979]. John Galsworthy A Reassessment. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-34-905995-9. Irene asks for a divorce, but Soames refuses. She is late once again coming home from Bosinney's dwelling. Later that night, Soames comes into Irene's room unannounced and rapes her. The maid hears her screaming, but can do nothing. Irene meets with Bosinney the next day and he discovers the truth. In a rage, Bosinney goes to confront Soames, but as he runs through the foggy streets, he is run over by a cab and killed. This plot summary covers in eight sections the six episodes of the first series only. Series One portrays the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga. In the novel To Let, a letter from his father provides Jon Forsyte the information regarding his mother's past relationship with and final violation by Soames. In the broadcast series, Jon's father reveals this information in speaking to his son face-to-face, together with Irene. The information is not revealed immediately before Young Jolyon's death in the novels (though it comes soon after); and it is Jon, not Irene, who first learns of Young Jolyon's illness.

The interlude Indian Summer of a Forsyte, which takes place in the summer of 1892, describes the rekindling of Old Jolyon and Irene's relationship (parts of which are featured in Episode Four of the 2002 television series). In the novel Hélène is abroad with Young Jolyon and June at that time and dies in 1894; in the series she has already died. The Forsyte Saga is a British drama television serial that chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper-middle-class family from the 1870s to 1920s. It was based on the books of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga, which were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network in 2002 (Series I) and 2003 (Series II). Additional funding was provided by American PBS station WGBH, as the 1967 BBC version had been a success on PBS in the early 1970s. The Forsyte family of the series of novels and short stories collectively known as The Forsyte Chronicles is similar in many ways to Galsworthy's family, and the patriarch, Old Jolyon, is modelled on Galsworthy's father. The main sequence runs from the late 19th century to the early 1930s, featuring three generations of the family. The books were popular when first published and their latter-day popularity was boosted considerably when BBC Television broadcast a 26-part adaptation for the author's centenary in 1967. IV. Soames Forsyte cannot understand why his wife Irene does not love him. He thinks of building a house ‘in the country’ and asks Bosinney’s advice on planning. Bosinney persuades him to invest in an expensive location.Revisiting the theme of the Forsyte family in 1917, Galsworthy wrote a short story, "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" depicting the serene final days of Old Jolyon, the head of the family in The Man of Property. It was published in the 1918 collection Five Tales, which also contained "A Stoic", later to be successfully adapted for the stage as Old English. [55]