Foursyte Saga - The Man of Property
John Galsworthy
The Man of Property
PREFACE
"The Forsyte Saga" was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called "The Man of
Property"; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the
Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it
connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable
irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-
edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and
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