Over the River by John Galsworthy

Over the River

Book Three of End of the Chapter

The Forsyte Chronicles 9

by John Galsworthy

Penguin, 1969, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ initials on synopsis page, age toned pages (see photographs)

“In the last three volumes of the Forsyte Chronicles Galsworthy is concerned more with the Cherrells than with the Forsytes to whom they are related by marriage.  Since 1217, Cherrell sons have left Condaford Grange to serve the State as soldiers, clergymen and administrators.  But the 1930s find them uneasy in a world of changing values, unemployment and depression.  In the ‘End of the Chapter’ trilogy, Galsworthy shows with irony, sympathy and great narrative skill how the Cherrells come to terms with a century driven by hand-to-mouth opportunism, setting little store by service.”