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Сага о Форсайтах. Джон Голсуорси
 Са́га
о Форса́йтах — монументальная серия разноплановых
произведений английского писателя Джона Голсуорси, описывает
жизнь состоятельной семьи Форсайтов.
Произведения о Форсайтах
Все произведения, посвящённые различным поколениям семьи
Форсайтов, группируются в три больших цикла. Первый вышел
непосредственно под названием «Сага о Форсайтах» в 1922 году
и включил в себя такие произведения как:
- Спасение Форсайта, Salvation of the Forsyte
- Собственник, The Man of Property
- Последнее лето
Форсайта, Indian Summer of a Forsyte
- В петле, In Chancery
- Пробуждение, Awakening
- Сдаётся внаём, To Let
Закончив «Сагу», Голсуорси продолжил писать о Форсайтах, под названием
«Современная комедия» вышел следующий цикл произведений:
- Белая обезьяна, The White Monkey
- Идиллии, a Silent Wooing
- Серебряная ложка, The Silver Spoon
- Встречи, Passers By
- Лебединая песня, Swan Song
Наконец, общий цикл о Форсайтах завершили три романа под общим названием «Конец
главы»:
- Девушка ждёт, Maid In Waiting
- Пустыня в цвету, Flowering Wilderness
- На другой берег, Over the River (One more River)
 Содержание
Прошло четыре года со смерти архитектора Босини - жениха
Джун и любовника Ирэн. Дом в Робин-Хилле купил старый
Джолион и переехал туда со своим сыном, невесткой и внуками
- Джун, Джолли и Холли. Вилла стала не просто загородным
домом, а фермой, где семья жила круглый год.
Молодой Джолион с женой и Джун (к радости дедушки она
подружилась со своим отцом и мачехой) отправились в
путешествие, Джолли уехал учиться в школу, а Холли (ее учила
дома гувернантка-француженка mam'zelle Бос) осталась в
Робин-Хилле со старым Джолионом.
Главе семьи уже восемьдесят пять лет - здоровье дает о себе
знать, но он обожает своих маленьких внуков и не замечает
свой возраст.
Однажды старый Джолион видит в опере Ирэн - законную жену
Сомса Форсайта, которая снова ушла от мужа в ту же ночь,
когда в газетах написали о смерти архитектора. Она
практически не изменилась, но ее красоту подчеркнула легкая
седина и морщинки у глаз. На следующий день, во время
прогулки с собакой старый Джолион находит Ирэн в роще у
поваленного дерева и приглашает в дом. Она рассказывает, что
живет под фамилией Эрон, снимает недорогую квартирку,
зарабатывает уроками игры на фортепьяно и помогает
лондонским проституткам (одна из них спасла Ирэн, после
того, как она во второй раз ушла от Сомса). Старый Джолион
помогает племяннице чеком на пятьдесят фунтов (затем он
укажет ее в завещании) и приглашает снова приехать к нему в
гости.
Со временем они начинают часто встречаться, как в Лондоне
(старый Джолион водит Ирэн в театр и прогуливается с ней в
парке), так и в Робин-Хилле (Ирэн дает уроки для Холли).
Не смотря на ухудшение здоровья - обмороки, и боли в сердце,
- Старый Джолион упоен встречами с "дамой в сером" (так он с
внучкой называет Ирэн за ее серо-лиловое платье), но скоро
должна приехать Джун с отцом и мачехой, а Ирэн опасается
этой встречи - старый Джолион уверяет, что Джун простила ее
за историю с Босини, но Ирэн знает: можно простить, но
нельзя забыть. Однажды она прощается и больше не приезжает.
В один знойный день старому Джолиону становится хуже. Ирэн
узнает об этом и обещает приехать. Форсайт обрадован этим
известием, но, дожидаясь племянницу у старого дуба, умирает.
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three
novels and two interludes (intervening episodes) published
between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the
vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class
British family.
Only a few generations removed from their
farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of
their status as "new money". The main character, Soames
Forsyte, sees himself as a "man of property," by virtue of
his ability to accumulate material possessions—but this does
not succeed in bringing him pleasure.
Separate sections of the saga, as well as the lengthy story
in its entirety, have been adapted for cinema and television.
The first book, The Man of Property, was adapted in 1949 by
Hollywood as That Forsyte Woman, starring Errol Flynn, Greer
Garson, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Young. The BBC produced a
popular 26-part serial in 1967, that also dramatised a
subsequent trilogy concerning the Forsytes, "A Modern Comedy".
In 2002, Granada Television produced two series for the ITV
network called The Forsyte Saga and The Forsyte Saga: To Let.
The 1967 version inspired the popular Masterpiece Theatre
television program, and the two Granada series made their
runs in the US as part of that program.
Books
The Man of Property (1906)
 In
this first novel of the Forsyte Saga, after introducing us
to the impressive array of Forsytes headed by the formidable
Aunt Ann, Galsworthy moves into the main action of the saga
by detailing Soames Forsyte's desire to own things,
including his beautiful wife, Irene Forsyte (née Heron). He
is jealous of her friendships and wants her to be his alone.
He concocts a plan to move her to the country, to Robin Hill
and a house he has had built, away from everyone she knows
and cares about. She resists his grasping intentions and
falls in love with the architect Philip Bosinney who has
been engaged by Soames to build the house. However, Bosinney
is the fiancé of her friend June Forsyte, the daughter of
Soames's cousin Jolyon. There is no happy ending: Irene
leaves Soames after he rapes her, and Bosinney dies under
the wheels of a cab after being driven frantic by the news
of Irene's rape by Soames.
Indian Summer of a Forsyte (1918)
In a short interlude after The Man of Property, Galsworthy
delves into the newfound friendship between Irene and Old
Jolyon Forsyte (June's grandfather, and by now the owner of
the house Soames had built). This attachment gives Old
Jolyon pleasure, but exhausts his strength. He leaves Irene
money in his will with Young Jolyon, his son, as trustee. In
the end Old Jolyon dies under an ancient oak tree in the
garden of the Robin Hill house.
In Chancery (1920)
The marital discord of both Soames and his sister Winifred
is the subject of the second novel, the title being a
reference to the Court of Chancery, which deals with
domestic issues. They take steps to divorce their spouses,
Irene, and Montague Dartie respectively. However, while
Soames tells his sister to brave the consequences of going
to court, he is not willing to go through a divorce himself.
Instead he stalks and hounds Irene, following her abroad,
and asking her to have his child, which is his father's wish.
Ultimately, Soames remarries, wedding Annette, the young
daughter of a French Soho restaurant owner. With his new
wife, he has his only child, Fleur Forsyte.
 As for Irene, she is left the sum of £15,000 after Old
Jolyon's death. His son, Young Jolyon Forsyte, also Soames's
cousin, takes care of Irene's finances. When she first
leaves Soames, he offers his support. At the time of the
death of Young Jolyon's son Jolly in the South African War,
Irene has developed a strong friendship with Jolyon. Then,
Soames confronts Young Jolyon and Irene at Robin Hill
accusing them (falsely) of having an affair. Young Jolyon
and Irene assert that they have had an affair since Soames
has it in his mind already. That gives Soames the evidence
he needs for divorce proceedings. That confrontation sparks
an affair between Young Jolyon and Irene.
Awakening (1920)
The subject of the second interlude is the naive and
exuberant lifestyle of eight-year-old Jon Forsyte. He loves
and is loved by his parents. He has an idyllic youth, his
every desire indulged.
To Let (1921)
This novel concludes the Forsyte Saga. Second cousins Fleur
and Jon Forsyte meet and fall in love, ignorant of their
parents' past troubles, indiscretions and misdeeds. Once
Soames, Jolyon, and Irene discover their romance, they
forbid their children to see each other again. Jolyon warns
his son that once he dies, there will be no one to protect
Irene from her ex-husband. Jon is torn between the past and
his present love for Fleur. Despite her feelings for Jon,
Fleur has a very suitable suitor, Michael Mont, heir to a
baronetcy. Should they marry, Fleur would elevate the status
of her family from "nouveau riche" to the aristocratic upper
class. The title derives from Soames' reflections as he
breaks up the house in which his Uncle Timothy, recently
deceased in 1920 at age 101 and the last of the older
generation of Forsytes, had lived a recluse, hoarding his
life like property.
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