The Forsyte Saga,1906-1921 The Man of Property,1906 Indian Summer ofa Forsyte,1918(interlude) In Chancery,1920 Awakening,1920(interlude) To Let,1921 Points of View and Artistic Features John Galsworthy was essentially a bourgeois liberal,a 10 reformist;preoccupied with social injustice in his time,and regarded human life as a struggle between the rich and the poor Two classes in contrast:therich,a dull,parasitic and inhuman class,against any kind ofchange;the poor,an oppressed, rebellious and unyielding class,bent on reforming things. Galsworthy was a conventional writer,having inherited the fine traditions ofthe great Victoriannovelists ofthe critical realism With an objectiveobservation and a naturalistic description, Galsworthy had made an impartial presentation ofthe social life in documentary precision.By emphasizingthe criticalelement in his writing,he dauntlessly laid barethetrue features ofthe good • The Forsyte Saga, 1906-1921 The Man of Property, 1906 Indian Summer of a Forsyte, 1918 (interlude) In Chancery, 1920 Awakening, 1920 (interlude) To Let, 1921 I. Points of View and Artistic Features John Galsworthy was essentially a bourgeois liberal, a reformist; preoccupied with social injustice in his time, and regarded human life as a struggle between the rich and the poor. Two classes in contrast: the rich, a dull, parasitic and inhuman class, against any kind of change; the poor, an oppressed, rebellious and unyielding class, bent on reforming things. Galsworthy was a conventional writer, having inherited the fine traditions of the great Victorian novelists of the critical realism. With an objective observation and a naturalistic description, Galsworthy had made an impartial presentation of the social life in documentary precision. By emphasizing the critical element in his writing, he dauntlessly laid bare the true features of the good 10’