In chancery
In Chancery is the second novel in John Galsworthy's epic Forsyte Saga, a brilliant social satire about an upper-class family. After suffering the death of her lover and abuse from her husband Soames, Irene Forsyte finally leaves her marriage for good. Though socially disgraced by her affair, she forms a bond with the late Old Jolyon, a father of the Forsyte clan who had grown distant from the family after reconciling with one of his outcast sons. The young Jolyon had been disinherited after divorcing his wife to marry a penniless foreign governess. Now, with both his father and his beloved wife dead, the younger Jolyon finds himself drawn in sympathy to Irene, who was so dear to Old Jolyon in his final days. Their shared troubles blossom into a romance, to the horror of Soames Forsyte
[The works of John Galsworthy, v. 12]
Domestic fiction
viii, 328 pages ; 19 cm.
312632
First edition
"In chancery is sequel to The man of property and to Indian summer of a Forsythe (contained in the volume entitled Five tales), and continues The Forsyte saga.--J.G."--Title page verso
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