John Galsworthy (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Short fiction was a minor vein for John Galsworthy, although he published many collections and is known for several fine stories. His contemporaries acclaimed his plays, whereas posterity knows him chiefly as the novelist who chronicled the family fortunes of the Forsytes in The Forsyte Saga (1922) and A Modern Comedy (1929).

Achievements

John Galsworthy refused a knighthood in 1917, but he did accept England’s highest literary honor, the Order of Merit. In 1921, Galsworthy became the first president of the International...

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