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Introduction……………………………………….………....10
Chapter I


Historical prerequisites for creating “The Forsyte Saga”...20
Chapter II


Socio-literary analysis of “The desire for property in

“The Man of Property” by John Galsworthy………..….…31

Conclusion………………………………….…………...……57
List of literature………………………………….……..……63

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INTRODUCTION
In order to evaluate the importance of the creative activity and the environment where John Galsworthy survived as a writer, we should look up the atmosphere, which dominated in the English literature at the end of XIX and the beginning of XX century. The great realistic writers stepped backwards from literature, and their followers were very few to struggle against the anti realistic movement which was supported by the British Empire. The weight of literature which was fabulous and with “the happy end”, met the demands of book markets grew day by day. From the other side, after World War I, such kind of authors as V.Wolf, D.H.Lawrence, J.Joyce, Th.Eliot called Galsworthy “the author of the past era”. In order to prove this accuse they give an alibi that, they had new experiments such as retrospectivity¹ (J.Joyce),subconscious² (V.Wolf), and open writings about love and passion (D.H.Lawrence).

John Galsworthy was a successive supporter of a real Art, believed in its transforming power and benevolent influence over the society.

J.Galsworthy was born on 14 August, in 1867, at Kingston Hill, in Surrey, England and, died on 31 January, in 1933. His father was a lawyer and successful solicitor who had financial interests in mining companies in Canada and Russia, and also a director of several companies, who later served as a model for Old Jolyon in “The Forsyte Saga”. His mother was a daughter of a Midlands Manufacturer.

Galsworthy was the only son of the family. Being talented, he studied law at Harrow school and New College, Oxford University. According to his profession, in 1890, he was called to the Bar, but he couldn‟t find his way in law.

Galsworthy was a novelist, playwright, prolific author who worked in many genres, the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932, just a month before his death.

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1. 
   Generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place
   

2. 
   A replacement for the unconscious mind
   

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But he is most widely recognized as a chronicler of the English bourgeois society during the early twentieth century. For a short period, he worked at his father‟s firm, but as he had no interest towards it, he left for Canada to inspect his family mining interests. His travels be-came extensive. During his travels he befriended with his later friend Joseph Conrad, who be-came an important source of encouragement in Galsworthy‟s literary career. In 1894, he de-cided to return London. Then the author gave up his juridical career, and the next few years he spent with writing and reading diligently.