John Galsworthy

author

John Galsworthy

1867–1933

Best known for The Forsyte Saga, this Nobel Prize-winning English writer had a sharp eye for family tensions, class, and the quiet pressures of modern life. His novels and plays are remembered for combining strong storytelling with a steady concern for fairness and social reform.

64 Audiobooks

The Forsyte Saga - Complete

The Forsyte Saga - Complete

by John Galsworthy

Saint's Progress

Saint's Progress

by John Galsworthy

The Island Pharisees

The Island Pharisees

by John Galsworthy

The Mob: A Play in Four Acts

The Mob: A Play in Four Acts

by John Galsworthy

Five Tales

Five Tales

by John Galsworthy

Beyond

Beyond

by John Galsworthy

The Freelands

The Freelands

by John Galsworthy

Fraternity

Fraternity

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

Loyalties

Loyalties

by John Galsworthy

A Bit O' Love

A Bit O' Love

by John Galsworthy

To Let

To Let

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Second Series

Plays : Second Series

by John Galsworthy

Windows

Windows

by John Galsworthy

Four Short Plays

Four Short Plays

by John Galsworthy

Six Short Plays

Six Short Plays

by John Galsworthy

Addresses in America, 1919

Addresses in America, 1919

by John Galsworthy

The Country House

The Country House

by John Galsworthy

A Commentary

A Commentary

by John Galsworthy

International Thought

International Thought

by John Galsworthy

Taistelu

Taistelu

by John Galsworthy

Tatterdemalion

Tatterdemalion

by John Galsworthy

Captures

Captures

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Fourth Series

Plays : Fourth Series

by John Galsworthy

The Eldest Son

The Eldest Son

by John Galsworthy

Herraskartano: Romaani

Herraskartano: Romaani

by John Galsworthy

The Dark Flower

The Dark Flower

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Fifth Series

Plays : Fifth Series

by John Galsworthy

The Patrician

The Patrician

by John Galsworthy

A Sheaf

A Sheaf

by John Galsworthy

Plays : Third Series

Plays : Third Series

by John Galsworthy

Ylimys: Romaani

Ylimys: Romaani

by John Galsworthy

Justice

Justice

by John Galsworthy

Plays : First Series

Plays : First Series

by John Galsworthy

Omenapuu

Omenapuu

by John Galsworthy

Another Sheaf

Another Sheaf

by John Galsworthy

A Family Man : in three acts

A Family Man : in three acts

by John Galsworthy

From the four winds

From the four winds

by John Galsworthy

Abracadabra & other satires

Abracadabra & other satires

by John Galsworthy

Jocelyn

Jocelyn

by John Galsworthy

About the author

Born in Surrey in 1867, he was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, and trained in law before turning to writing. His early work appeared under the name John Sinjohn, but he soon began publishing under his own name and built a reputation as both a novelist and a playwright.

His most famous achievement is The Forsyte Saga, the sequence of novels that follows an upper-middle-class family across generations and helped secure his lasting place in English literature. He also wrote important plays, including Strife, Justice, and Loyalties, works that explored conflict, inequality, and the human cost of rigid social systems.

In 1932, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, which praised the storytelling art that reached its highest form in The Forsyte Saga. He died in 1933, but his work still stands out for its clear style, moral seriousness, and sympathy for people trapped by the rules of their world.