Forsyte Saga,Irene leaves her husband,Soames,for Young Jolyon because Soames considers her his property and merely lusts for her,whereas Young Jolyon loves Irene and worships her beauty.In the idyllic"Indian Summer ofForsyte,"first published in Five Tales,Old Jolyon,an epicurean,dies as he sips an exquisite wine,as if from excess of delight.A Modern Comedy, on the other hand,denounces the post-World War I generation for their aimlessness and restlessness.Commentators have noted that while Galsworthy satirized the wealthy in his early works,he presented a more sympathetic view ofthe Forsytes in his later works,especially those collected in A Modern Comedy. Collectively,On Forsyte'Change,The Forsyte Saga,and A Modern Comedy have been referred to as "The Forsyte Chronicles." VII.Critical Reception Galsworthy's earliest work showed the influence of Conrad, 10 though Galsworthy insisted he was influenced most by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and Guy de Maupassant.His writings have also been comparedto those of Rudyard Kipling,Charles Dickens,and Katherine Mansfield.Galsworthy's talents were firs widely recognized in 1906 upon the publication ofhis novel TheForsyte Saga, Irene leaves her husband, Soames, for Young Jolyon because Soames considers her his property and merely lusts for her, whereas Young Jolyon loves Irene and worships her beauty. In the idyllic "Indian Summer of Forsyte," first published in Five Tales, Old Jolyon, an epicurean, dies as he sips an exquisite wine, as if from excess of delight. A Modern Comedy, on the other hand, denounces the post-World War I generation for their aimlessness and restlessness. Commentators have noted that while Galsworthy satirized the wealthy in his early works, he presented a more sympathetic view of the Forsytes in his later works, especially those collected in A Modern Comedy. Collectively, On Forsyte 'Change, The Forsyte Saga, and A Modern Comedy have been referred to as "The Forsyte Chronicles." VII. Critical Reception Galsworthy's earliest work showed the influence of Conrad, though Galsworthy insisted he was influenced most by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and Guy de Maupassant. His writings have also been compared to those of Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, and Katherine Mansfield. Galsworthy's talents were first widely recognized in 1906 upon the publication of his novel The 10’