The Country House
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John Galsworthy
(3,25 Sterne; 8 Bewertungen)
In “The Country House”, John Galsworthy explores many of the themes he would later expand upon in his better known, nine-novel, “The Forsyth Saga”. This is a novel of English society as 1900 approaches. A divorce is being threatened in the Pendyce family, whose members are of the landed gentry. Such an event would be an enormous scandal. There is little action. The story paints, in exquisite language, the feelings of each of the six or so main characters. These feelings concern the necessity for family honor and the horror of scandal; the stifling effect of the social mores of the time; the ridiculous complications of the law; and, the threat of the many changes in the social order which seem to be coming. Galsworthy was himself of this privileged class. While he was extremely critical of the social structure of the time, he shows sympathy for those caught in it. Each is constrained to his or her niche; only by major changes in the social code will that be changed. Gaslworthy was very much a social activist in life, as well as on the printed page. He was quite successful in showing the reader how it must have felt to live in one of those social niches. (Summary by BobR) (9 hr 6 min)
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I've tried to listen to this recording a few times but the technical quality is poor and I had to give it up. The sound is uneven and the edits do not blend well and create an uneven sound experience. The microphone seems to be not of the best. My comment is not about the reader only about the technical aspect which I think is poorly executed. I'm not sure if this was "proof-listened," but it could not have been done carefully. These errors are apparent from the beginning. I'd love to listen to this story but it's technical quality is too bad.