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The Freelands

by John Galsworthy

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  1. Prologue

    3:51

  2. Chapter 1

    9:46

  3. Chapter 2

    5:12

  4. Chapter 3

    16:08

  5. Chapter 4

    13:23

  6. Chapter 5

    13:58

  7. Chapter 6

    18:30

  8. Chapter 7

    14:14

  9. Chapter 8

    25:44

  10. Chapter 9

    9:56

  11. Chapter 10

    15:27

  12. Chapter 11

    12:22

  13. Chapter 12

    15:51

  14. Chapter 13

    16:07

  15. Chapter 14

    19:17

  16. Chapter 15

    15:23

  17. Chapter 16

    23:35

  18. Chapter 17

    13:16

  19. Chapter 18

    10:33

  20. Chapter 19

    17:27

  21. Chapter 20

    11:41

  22. Chapter 21

    11:19

  23. Chapter 22

    18:17

  24. Chapter 23

    20:01

  25. Chapter 24

    22:44

  26. Chapter 25

    18:34

  27. Chapter 26

    21:14

  28. Chapter 27

    14:17

  29. Chapter 28

    25:08

  30. Chapter 29

    12:39

  31. Chapter 30

    10:46

  32. Chapter 31

    16:43

  33. Chapter 32

    16:18

  34. Chapter 33

    13:20

  35. Chapter 34

    18:22

  36. Chapter 35

    10:26

  37. Chapter 36

    10:26

  38. Chapter 37

    16:12

  39. Chapter 38

    12:14

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An April field in Worcestershire introduces Bob Tryst, a laborer who finishes sowing before answering Derek's question about a notice he has received. Derek's angry response breaks the calm of the rural scene. John Galsworthy then follows Felix Freeland, an author preparing to meet his brothers about family affairs. Their positions in government and industry give the discussion a wider social setting.

Published in 1915, the novel places questions of agricultural work and independence within the concerns of an English family. Felix blames industrial life and official authority for the country's troubles, while taking pride in his ability to observe them. At a later dinner, guests enthusiastically discuss how cheaply laborers might live on brown bread, potatoes and margarine. Their pleasure in this proposed solution, amid champagne and a substantial meal, makes class assumptions visible through satire. Readers interested in social fiction can follow how private conversation turns into judgments about other people's lives.

About the author

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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