Awakening~John Galsworthy~R. H. Sauter~1935~First Edition~Second Printing~Forsyte Saga~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping

Awakening~John Galsworthy~R. H. Sauter~1935~First Edition~Second Printing~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping.

This rare volume is part of the Forsyte Saga. Based on 8 year old Jon Forsyte. It is in very good condition. One inscription on inside front cover. Some tears on the protective tissue page just before the title page. See photos. A few bent page corners. Browning due to age of the book. Tight binding. Clean pages. A unique vintage find.

John Galsworthy OM (/ˈɡɔːlzwɜːrði/; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

In 1921 Galsworthy was elected as the first president of the PEN International literary club and was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1929. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature, having been nominated that same year by Henrik Schück, a member of the Swedish Academy. He was too ill to attend the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony on 10 December 1932, and died seven weeks later. He donated the prize money from the Nobel Prize to PEN International.

The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize–winning English author John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of a large, upper-middle-class English family, similar to Galsworthy’s 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, solicitor and connoisseur 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.

“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, and his every desire indulged.

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