John Galsworthy

author

John Galsworthy

1867–1933

Best known for The Forsyte Saga, he wrote with a sharp eye for family tensions, class, money, and the quiet pressures of modern life. His fiction and plays made him one of the most widely read English writers of his time, and he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

66 Audiobooks

Saint's Progress

Saint's Progress

by John Galsworthy

The Island Pharisees

The Island Pharisees

by John Galsworthy

The Forsyte saga - Complete

The Forsyte saga - Complete

by John Galsworthy

Beyond

Beyond

by John Galsworthy

The Freelands

The Freelands

by John Galsworthy

Five Tales

Five Tales

by John Galsworthy

The Mob: A Play in Four Acts

The Mob: A Play in Four Acts

by John Galsworthy

Loyalties

Loyalties

by John Galsworthy

Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories

by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor

Fraternity

Fraternity

by John Galsworthy

To Let

To Let

by John Galsworthy

A Bit O' Love

A Bit O' Love

by John Galsworthy

The Country House

The Country House

by John Galsworthy

Windows

Windows

by John Galsworthy

Four Short Plays

Four Short Plays

by John Galsworthy

Addresses in America, 1919

Addresses in America, 1919

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Second Series

Plays : Second Series

by John Galsworthy

A Commentary

A Commentary

by John Galsworthy

Six Short Plays

Six Short Plays

by John Galsworthy

International Thought

International Thought

by John Galsworthy

Tatterdemalion

Tatterdemalion

by John Galsworthy

The Eldest Son

The Eldest Son

by John Galsworthy

Captures

Captures

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Fourth Series

Plays : Fourth Series

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Fifth Series

Plays : Fifth Series

by John Galsworthy

Taistelu

Taistelu

by John Galsworthy

The Dark Flower

The Dark Flower

by John Galsworthy

A Sheaf

A Sheaf

by John Galsworthy

Herraskartano: Romaani

Herraskartano: Romaani

by John Galsworthy

The Patrician

The Patrician

by John Galsworthy

Ylimys: Romaani

Ylimys: Romaani

by John Galsworthy

Justice

Justice

by John Galsworthy

Plays : First Series

Plays : First Series

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Third Series

Plays : Third Series

by John Galsworthy

Omenapuu

Omenapuu

by John Galsworthy

A Family Man : in three acts

A Family Man : in three acts

by John Galsworthy

Another Sheaf

Another Sheaf

by John Galsworthy

Abracadabra & other satires

Abracadabra & other satires

by John Galsworthy

From the four winds

From the four winds

by John Galsworthy

Jocelyn

Jocelyn

by John Galsworthy

Forsytein taru II

Forsytein taru II

by John Galsworthy

Forsytein taru I

Forsytein taru I

by John Galsworthy

About the author

Born in Surrey in 1867, John Galsworthy was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, and first trained for the law before turning seriously to writing. He became known as both a novelist and a playwright, with work that often explored social inequality, justice, and the habits of England's comfortable middle and upper classes.

His lasting reputation rests above all on The Forsyte Saga, the sequence of novels and stories that follows a wealthy family across changing times. Readers were drawn to the books' blend of intimate domestic drama and wider social observation, and Galsworthy's calm, precise style helped make the series a classic.

Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932, only a year before his death in 1933. Alongside his fiction, he supported causes including prison reform and was active in literary public life, which adds another dimension to a career remembered not just for storytelling, but for sympathy and moral seriousness.