John Galsworthy
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Galsworthy, c. 1914–1915
About the author
Born
London, England, 1867
Died
London, England, 1933
Places lived
England: London and Bury in West Sussex;
Canada: Toronto
Nationality
English, 1933
Forms of writing
Plays, novels, stories, poetry, essays, criticism
Genres
Literary
Writing language
English
Literature
• The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921)
Novels
• The Man of Property (1906)
Novel Series
• The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921)
British Literature
• The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921)
Literary Fiction
• The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921)
Works published in book form
From the Four Winds, story collection, 1897
Jocelyn, novel, 1898
Villas Rubein, novel, 1900
A Man of Devon, story collection, 1901
Including "The Salvation of Swithin Forsyte"
The Island Pharisees, novel, 1904
The Silver Box, play, 1906
The Man of Property, novel, 1906
The Country House, novel, 1907
A Commentary, story and sketch collection, 1908
Including "A Commentary", "The Lost Dog", "Demos", "Old Age", "The Careful Man", "Fear", "Fashion", "Sport", "Money", "Progress", "Holiday", "Facts", "Power", "The House of Silence", "Order", "The Mother", "Comfort", "A Child", "Justice", "Hope"
Villa Rubein and Other Stories, story collection, 1900
Including novel "Villa Rubein"; stories "A Man of Devon", "A Knight", "Salvation of a Forsyte" (revised from "The Salvation of Swithin Forsyte") and "The Silence"
Fraternity, novel, 1909
A Justification of the Censorship of Plays, essay, 1909
Strife, play, 1909
Joy, play, 1909
Justice: A Tragedy in Four Acts, play, 1910
A Motley, story collection, 1910
Including "A Portrait", "A Fisher of Men", "The Prisoner", "Courage", "The Meeting", "The Pack", "Compensation", "Joy of Life", "Bel Colore", "A Pilgrimage", "The Kings", "Apotheosis", "the Workers", "A Miller of Dee", "A Parting", "a Beast of Burden", "The Lime Tree", "The Neighbours", "The Runagates", "A Reversion to Type", "A Woman", "The 'Codger'", "For Ever", "The Consummation", "The Choice", "the Japanese Quince", "Once More", "Delight"
The Spirit of Punishment, play, 1910
Horses in Mines, pamphlet, 1910
The Patrician, novel, 1911
The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes, play, 1911
The Pigeon: A Fantasy in Three Acts., play, 1912
The Eldest Son: A Domestic Drama in Three Acts, play, 1912
Quality, play, 1912
Moods, Songs, and Doggerels, poetry collection, 1912
For Love of Beasts, story, 1912
The Inn of Tranquillity, essays, 1912
The Dark Flower, novel, 1913
The Fugitive: A Play in Four Acts, play, 1913
The Mob: A Play in Four Acts, play, 1914
Some Slings and Arrows from John Galsworthy, ed. Elsie E. Morton, 1914
The Freelands, novel, 1915
The Little Man, and Other Satires, play, story and sketch collection, 1915
Including "The Little Man", "Hall-marked"; stories "The Voice of —", "The Dead Man", "Why Not?", "Hey-Day", "The Writer", "The Critic", "The Plain Man", "The Superlative", "The Preceptor", "The Artist", "The Housewife", "The Latest Thing", "The Perfect One", "The Competitor", "Abracadabra", "Hathor" A Memory", "Sekhet: A Dream", "A Simple Tale", "Ultima Thule"
A Bit o' Love: A Play in Three Acts, play, 1915
A Sheaf Stories, essays, poems, 1916
Beyond, novel, 1917
Five Short Tales, five stories, 1918
Including "The First and Last", "A Stoic", "The Apple Tree", "The Juryman" and "Indian Summer of a Forsyte"
The Burning Spear: Being the Experiences of Mr. John Lavender in Time of War, novel, 1919
Saint's Progress, novel, 1919
The First and the Last, play, 1919
Addresses in America Seven lectures, 1919
The Foundations: An Extravagant Play in Three Acts, play, 1920
The Skin Game: A Tragi-comedy in Three Acts, play, 1920
In Chancery, novel, 1920
To Let, novel, 1921
Six Short Plays, six plays, 1921
Including "The First and The Last", "Defeat", "The Sun", "Punch and Go"
The Forsyte Saga, novel trilogy with two interludes, 1922
A Family Man: In Three Acts, play, 1920
Loyalties: A Drama in Three Acts, play, 1920
Windows: A Comedy in Three Acts for Idealists and Others, play, 1920
Captures, story collection, 1923
Including "Captures", "The Man Who Kept His Form", "A Hedonist", "Timber", "Santa Lucia", "Blackmail", "The Broken Foot", "Stroke of Lightning", "Virtue", "Conscience", "Salta Pro Nobis", "Philanthropist", "A Long-Ago Affair", "Acme", "Late—299", "Had a Horse"
Abracadabra and Other Satires, plays, essays and stories, 1924
The Forest: A Drama in Four Acts, play, 1924
Old English: A Play in Three Acts, play, 1924
Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy Stories, 1925
The Show: A Drama in Three Acts, play, 1925
Escape: An Episodic Play in a Prologue and Two Parts, play, 1926
Verses New and Old, poetry collection, 1926
The Silver Spoon, novel, 1926
Castles in Spain and Other Screeds, play, 1927
Two Forsyte Interludes, two stories, 1927
Including "A Silent Wooing" and "Passers By"
Swan Song, novel, 1928
A Modern Comedy, novel trilogy with two interludes, 1928
Exiled, play, 1929
The Roof, play, 1929
Four Forsyte Stories, story collection, 1929
Including "A Sad Affair", "Dog at Timothy's" "The Hondekoeter",and "Midsummer Madness"
Two Essays on Conrad, two essays, 1930
Soames and the Flag, novella, 1930
On Forsyte 'Change, story collection, 1930
The Creation of Character in Literature, lecture, 1931
Maid in Waiting, novel, 1931
Forty Poems, poetry collection, 1932
Flowering Wilderness, novel, 1932
One More River, novel, 1933
Autobiographical Letters of Galsworthy: A Correspondence with Frank Harris,, letters, 1933
Collected Poems, poetry collection, 1934
The Life and Letters of John Galsworthy, biography and letters, by H.V. Marrot, 1935
The Winter Garden: Four Dramatic Pieces, plays, 1935
Forsytes, Pendyces, and Others, story and criticism collection, 1935
Selected Short Stories, story collection, 1935
End of the Chapter, novel trilogy, 1935
Glimpses and Reflections, letters, essays and criticism, 1935
Galsworthy's Letters to Leon Lion, letters, 1968
Letters from John Galsworthy 1900–1932, letters, 1970
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