One More River, John Galsworthy
One More River, John Galsworthy
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One More River

Author: John Galsworthy, Phoenix Recordings

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Sagas

Synopsis

In John Galsworthy’s last written novel, the conclusion of the final trilogy in his epic Forsyte Chronicles, Dinny Charwell is recovering steadily from her disastrous late love affair while now it is her sister, Clare, who is in trouble.After just eighteen months of marriage, Clare has fled from her highly esteemed but sadistic husband, Gerald, in Ceylon and boarded a ship back to England. On the boat, she meets a charming but penniless expatriate named Tony Croom, who falls madly in love with her. They develop a close but platonic relationship, unaware that Clare’s husband has set detectives on her. When Clare refuses to return to her husband, he accuses her of adultery with Tony in a highly public divorce court. Though Clare wants nothing more than to divorce Gerald, she must fight the false accusation to defend her family’s honor.

About John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy (1867–1933), English novelist and playwright, went to Oxford to study law but turned to literature after he met Joseph Conrad on a voyage. The Man of Property (1906), the first of the Forsyte Chronicles, established his reputation. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

About Frederick Davidson

Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kuszma on October 16, 2019

Ez a könyv egy olyan világot ábrázol, ami alighanem örökre a múlté*. És ami azt illeti, a könyv egyik legfőbb értékét éppen az adja, hogy Galsworthy ennek tökéletesen tudatában van. Angliában járunk a Nagy Világválság idején: épp letértünk az aranyalapról, és amit eddig biztosnak tartottunk (a tradí......more

Goodreads review by Ali on December 20, 2015

Over the River picks up the story about a year and a half on from the events in Flowering Wilderness. Dinny, the daughter of the Charwell/Cherrell family who was left so terribly broken hearted at the end of the previous novel has been living quietly with her family at their country home, never spea......more

Goodreads review by Penelope on November 05, 2023

This was a very satisfactory ending to my reading/listening to this series. Those I listened to were all read by David Case who I cannot recommend highly enough as a narrator. I have really enjoyed reading the complete Forsyth Saga in order as my project for a large part of 2023. Dinny Charwell, who......more

Goodreads review by Jeanette on January 20, 2022

Four and a half stars. This is the final novel in the nine comprising The Forsyte Chronicles and it's probably my favourite. It deals with the two Charwell girls and the men they love, and how the relationships are resolved. Dinny Charwell is my favourite of all the women in the Forsyte novels and I......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G. on October 12, 2017

Forsyte Chronicles:- This work developed over a lifetime and began with a simple theme, that of individual's right to life and love, especially those of a woman. The first trilogy, Forsyte Saga, is the most famous of all. There are three trilogies, Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter being the secon......more

Quotes

“A social satire of epic proportions and one that does not suffer by comparison with Thackeray’s Vanity Fair…[A] comedy of manners, convincing both in its fidelity to life and as a work of art.” New York Times

“If Galsworthy devoted himself to writing prose, David Case devoted himself to reading it out loud…Case threw himself passionately into every part, playing women so convincingly that I remember checking the audiobook box once to remind myself of the narrator’s gender…He and Galsworthy can both look back across the River Styx with a shared sense that theirs was a job well done.” AudioFile

“This posthumous work is one of the best of the author’s novels.” Literary Digest, Vol. 116

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