The Country House

John Galsworthy

BiblioBazaar, 2009 - History - 306 pages

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Review: The Country House

User Review  - Celia - Goodreads

The only Galsworthy novels I had read before this were ALL NINE of the Forsyte Saga novels, and I guess I expected The Country House to be much the same. However, The Country House really surprised me ...

Review: The Country House

User Review  - Nick - Goodreads

I know that John Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel for literature in 1931. And I haven't read what people seem to consider his best work, the Forsyte Saga trilogy (only saw the movie). These being said ...

About the author

John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was educated at Oxford, where he prepared to go into law, but later decided to devote himself to writing. "The Man of Property" (1906), the first of the three novels that became "The Forsyte Saga, " established his reputation as an author and a keen observer of society. Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Country House
• Author: John Galsworthy
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2009
• ISBN: 1115644157, 9781115644150
• Length: 306 pages
• Subjects: History / General