The Forsyte Saga - Book 2 In Chancery (2), John Galsworthy, René Pruvost

The second volume of a cult novel of British literature, now available again in paperback: the Forsyte saga, men inseparable from their family and their environment, whose adventures run from the Victorian era to the Roaring Twenties."

Intrigue in the English upper class over three generations. A classic of English literature. Nearly ten years have passed since the death of old Jolyon Forsyte, the founder of the dynasty. But the succession is assured. Soames, in particular, has made his solicitor's practice one of the foremost in London. The family fortune now seems to be based on unshakable foundations, just like the British Empire which, at the end of the century, reached the peak of its power and prosperity. But the other side of this brilliant facade is less dazzling. Irene, persecuted by Soames, has taken refuge in Paris and finds tender support from Young Jolyon. Soames has met a young French woman, Annette. To keep her and marry her, he will engage in a show of force and create a scandal by seeking proof of Irene's adultery, then by dragging her before the courts to obtain a divorce. It is this conflict of conventions and passions that forms the framework of the second volume of the Forsyte saga.