In Chancery (1920) is the second volume of the first of the three Forsyte trilogies. It takes up the story from The Man of Property and records the feud between Soames and his cousin 'Young' Jolyon. The personal dramas of the Forsytes take place against the backdrop of the Boer War in South Africa and the threat it poses to the international prosperity and stability so essential for the continuance of the family's materially comfortable, if at times turbulent, lives.The Forsyte Saga was made into a hugely successful TV serial in 1967.

In Chancery (1920) is the second volume of the first of the three Forsyte trilogies which established John Galsworthy as a famous writer. In Chancery records the feud between the archetypal Forsyte and successful solicitor, Soames, and his cousin, the sensitive "Young"Jolyon, who is a renegade from Forsyte beliefs. Soames"s wife, the beautiful Irene, divorces her husband following her affair with Jolyon whom she marries and with whom she has a son, Jon. Soames himself marries a French woman, Annette Lamotte, and they have a daughter, Fleur. This family and personal drama takes place against thebackground of the Boer War in South Africa and the rising threat it presents to international stability and the ascendancy of the British Empire. The Forsyte Saga is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand late-Victorian and Edwardian society and its acquisitively successful but beleagured upper middle class.The Forsyte Saga was made into a hugely popular television serial in 1967.

PART ONE

At Timothy"s

Exit a Man of the World

Soames Prepares to Take Steps

Sobo

James Sees Visions

No-Longer- Young Jolyon at Home

The Colt and the Filly

Jolyon Prosecutes Trusteeship

Val Hears the News

Soames Entertains the Future

And Visits the Past

On Forsyte "Change

Jolyon Finds Out Where He Is

Soames Discovers What He Wants

PART TWO

The Third Generation

Soames Puts it to the Touch

Visit to Irene

Where Forsytes Fear to Tread

Jolly Sits in Judgement

Tolyon in Two Minds

Dartie versus Dartie

The Challenge

Dinner at Tames"s

Death of the Dog Balthasar

Timothy Stays the Rot

Progress of the Chase

"Here we are Again!"

Outlandish Night

PART THREE

Soames in Paris

In the Web

Richmond Park

Over the River

Soames Acts

A Summer Day

A Summer Night

Tames in Waiting

Out of the Web

Passing of an Age

Suspended Animation

Birth of a Forsyte

James is Told

His

INTERLUDE

Awakening