Man of Property and his first play,The Silver Box.The novel introduced his famous Forsyte family,through whom he satirized Victoriansociety.Galsworthy finally achieved international acclaim when The Man of Property wasrepublishedin 1922as part of The Forsyte Saga,along with two ofhis most famous stories,"Indian Summer ofa Forsyte"and Awakening. Galsworthy was widely regarded as a compassionate humanist whose work evinced sensitivity,sincerity,and charm.Many believe that hesuccessfully captured the spirit ofhis age.Yet, while some consider him a critic of the upper class,othersassert that headmired it,especially later in his life.Some ofhis contemporaries,especially experimental modernists,disdained his work.Virginia Woolf,for instance,considered him a"stuffed shirt"and found him guilty of the same behavior and attitudes to which he objected in his writing His style was variously faulted as overly sentimental and melodramatic or too analytical and pessimistic.His plays in particular were often criticized as social propagandalacking dramatic intensity.However,many critics agree that as his styleevolved it became less rigid and more subtle.Galsworthy's earlier style showed similarities to French naturalism,shifting later to a more deliberate use of symbolism Man of Property and his first play, The Silver Box. The novel introduced his famous Forsyte family, through whom he satirized Victorian society. Galsworthy finally achieved international acclaim when The Man of Property was republished in 1922 as part of The Forsyte Saga, along with two of his most famous stories, "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" and Awakening. Galsworthy was widely regarded as a compassionate humanist whose work evinced sensitivity, sincerity, and charm. Many believe that he successfully captured the spirit of his age. Yet, while some consider him a critic of the upper class, others assert that he admired it, especially later in his life. Some of his contemporaries, especially experimental modernists, disdained his work. Virginia Woolf, for instance, considered him a "stuffed shirt" and found him guilty of the same behavior and attitudes to which he objected in his writing. His style was variously faulted as overly sentimental and melodramatic or too analytical and pessimistic. His plays in particular were often criticized as social propaganda lacking dramatic intensity. However, many critics agree that as his style evolved it became less rigid and more subtle. Galsworthy's earlier style showed similarities to French naturalism, shifting later to a more deliberate use of symbolism