The Forsyte Saga Audiolibro Por John Galsworthy arte de portada

The Forsyte Saga

 Vista previa
OFERTA POR TIEMPO LIMITADO

3 meses gratis
Prueba por $0.00
La oferta termina el 31 de julio, 2025 a las 11:59PM PT.
Elige 1 audiolibro al mes de nuestra colección inigualable.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, Originals y podcasts incluidos.
Accede a ofertas y descuentos exclusivos.
Premium Plus se renueva automáticamente por $14.95/mes después de 3 meses. Cancela en cualquier momento.

The Forsyte Saga

De: John Galsworthy
Narrado por: Fred Williams
Prueba por $0.00

$0.00/mes despues de 3 meses. La oferta termina el 31 de julio, 2025 a las 11:59PM PT. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Compra ahora por $34.36

Compra ahora por $34.36

Confirma la compra
la tarjeta con terminación
Cambiar método de pago
Al confirmar tu compra, aceptas las Condiciones de Uso de Audible y el Aviso de Privacidad de Amazon. Impuestos a cobrar según aplique.
Cancelar
The three novels that make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women.

The Forsyte Saga is a sequence of novels comprising The Man of Property (1906), In Chancery (1920), and To Let (1921) with two interludes, "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (1918) and "Awakening", published together in 1922.

The saga begins with Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor who buys land at Robin Hill on which to build a house for his wife Irene and future family. Eventually, the Forsyte family begins to disintegrate when Timothy Forsyte, the last of the old generation, dies at the age of 100.

In these novels, John Galsworthy documented a departed way of life, that of the affluent middle class that ruled England before the 1914 war. The class is criticized on account of its possessiveness, but there is also nostalgia because Galsworthy, as a man born into the class, could also appreciate its virtues.

(P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Ficción Ficción Histórica Género Ficción Histórico Mayoría de Edad Romance Inglaterra Guerra
Multigenerational Saga • Complex Characters • Perfect Pacing • Historical Insights • Engaging Plotlines • Poetic Writing
Con calificación alta para:
Todas las estrellas
Más relevante  
One of the most important books I’ve read recently. Absolutely masterful. Although written a century ago, it’s relevant today. The narrator is excellent.

One of the most important books

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Mr. Williams is one of the most skilled and talented narrators I have ever come across. I spent many delightful hours commuting to and from Paris listening to this wonderful, masterfully written book. I too, often stuck to the right lane to add a few more minutes to my commute. I can highly recommend this audiobook.

Excellently read. Highly entertaining

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I now know the difference between a good book and a GREAT one. I have just finished the Forsyte Saga, and my eyes were opened wide. Just prior to that I read a couple of Kate Morton novels which I enjoyed, but let me tell you, sweetie, they just don't stand up in comparison to John Galsworthy's epic masterpiece.

I have owned this book for some time and don't always listen immediately after purchasing them for one reason or another. I give it a try, and then put it down if it's problematic. In this case, I think it was the narrator, Fred Williams. He reads so slowly, however precisely, and I couldn't handle the plodding pace. So, with the new Audible app I sped it up to 1.25% listening speed, And very shortly thereafter I was immersed in 19th century England up to my eyeballs.

What a great story! What compelling characters! I could not get enough of this book. It's over now, and I am sad because I want to know what has happened to everyone. I ran the gamut of emotions listening to this book. When it wasn't possible for me to listen, I was still engrossed. I thought about my own father who was born in 1905 and tried to compare his lifestyle growing up during the Forsyte's timeline. The manners, the morals, the injustices--all so different for my father's generation and for mine. There is simply no comparison to today, a hundred plus years later.

This is a story about a family. Upper middle class, proper and all that, divided so deeply about one way of life (the popular view) and another way (a burgeoning ideal of how life could be) which is rather alien to the establishment. John Galsworthy was born into this upper middle class environment, and gives great detail about how people thought and acted as they did.

Anyway the split in the family grows larger and larger, and then one day, two or three generations down the line, things happen which eventually start the decline of the old view and there it ends, leaving you to guess what happens next.

Such a long, long book, but every single sentence is a keeper. You know what? I eventually put the speed back to 1.00 because I didn't want it to quit. I guess I got used to Fred Williams' narration (or he got better over the course of the book) because I didn't mind at all.

This is a GREAT book, whether you read it, listen to it, or watch it dramatized, and I now know the difference! I actually watched the Netflix version while reading it, and checked out the Gutenberg Project online version of it, looked up the history of the Boer War, and checked out Queen Victoria's funeral. I imagine you will, too, but nothing compares with the book! You have to read this book!

Knowing the difference finally!

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Another classic I did not appreciate when younger. I particularly enjoyed experiencing the changing role of women written in real time over a period of 20 or 30 years. The historical events such as the Boer war and death of Queen Victoria and their impact on society was appealing as well.

John Galsworthy and Anthony Trollope are two of my all time favorite authors.

changing role of women in society

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
this book/saga is extremely well written, without being stuffy or overly descriptive, and if you appreciate dry british humor you will regret that the book had to end. and .... at 42 hours of listening, it's an audible bargain!

i absolutely loved this book!

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I watched the tv series. This helped me understand the authors true intentions. Acquisition vs beauty and love are explored in depth.

Helpful Followup

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
It was so professionally presented by Fred Williams.
I really enjoyed the presentation and the story going from generation to generation.

So well presented….

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I read this brilliant book fifteen years ago and loved it then. I loved it again just now, listening to Fred Williams reading it. It’s hard to imagine a better narration of The Forsyte Saga. Fred Williams’ rendition fits the book and the era perfectly.

Forsyte Saga Brilliance

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I listened to the whole book and did not want it to end despite its length.

The reader is most excellent and skillful. I was also put off at first by his apparently plodding style, but I became quite comfortable and eventually looked forward to it. He managed surprising subtle changes in the characters' moods and dispositions.

Personally, I found myself too much like Soames but I really enjoy this masterful tale of an age at its height and during its passing.

Just wait until you get to the chapters called Indian Summer and the Awakening!

Wait until you hear a boy describe beauty to his mother... Ah feels a little teary-eyed already.

Ben

Most excellent!

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Unfortunately, no. I loved the TV show of these books, and have also read the books so I was really looking forward to listening to the audiobook, but the narrator was hands-down the worst audio book narrator I have ever listened to.

He read the book like he was reading a science textbook - it was completely dry, unemotional and flat. It was SO hard to listen to, it completely spoilt the book for me.

Was The Forsyte Saga worth the listening time?

The book is great, and with a different narrator I'm sure it would have been an absorbing listen.

Wonderful story but terrible narrator

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Ver más opiniones