In Chancery
The Man of Property | |
| Followed by | To Let |
|---|---|
In Chancery is the second novel of the
The Man of Property
. Like its predecessor it focuses on the personal affairs of a wealthy upper middle class English family.
Synopsis
The novel concentrates on the marital failures of Soames Forsyte and to a lesser extent that of his sister Winifred Dartie and on the building antipathy between Soames and his cousin Young Jolyon Forsyte who develops a friendship with Soames' estranged wife Irene. This friendship eventually leads to an affair and Irene's divorce from Soames.
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