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The Country House

by John Galsworthy

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  3. Part 1, Chapter 3

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  4. Part 1, Chapter 4

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  10. Part 1, Chapter 10

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  31. Part 3, Chapter 9

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An October house party in 1891 brings the habits of the Pendyce family into sharp focus. At Worsted Skeynes, servants arrange arrivals while guests measure one another's standing. Horace Pendyce treats his estate as a model of good management, though his certainty about the tenants' needs sits uneasily beside their wish for independence. John Galsworthy makes these tensions visible through dinner conversation, family connections and the small ceremonies of an English country house.

Mrs. Jaspar Bellew's presence prompts gossip about her separation from her husband and her friendship with George Pendyce. Elsewhere, Gregory Vigil and Mrs. Shortman argue about the usefulness of a meeting on working women's lives, exposing differences between charitable intentions and practical help. The novel offers readers interested in social observation a close view of how privilege shapes judgment. Its humour grows from people who consider their own preferences sound principles for everyone else.

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John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy trained as a barrister but devoted his career to novels, plays, and short fiction about English social life. The Forsyte Saga, the family chronicle singled out when he received the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature, brings together three novels and two interludes.

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First published
1907
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
184
Language
English
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