Five Tales

This 1918 novel contains five short tales or novelettes written by John Galsworthy. They are The First and Last in 1914, A Stoic, The Apple Tree in 1916, The Juryman, Indian Summer of a Forsyte in 1918. The last one is a part of the series The Forsyte Saga. He was also known for the following novels: From the Four Winds in 1897 as John Sinjohn; Jocelyn in 1898 as John Sinjohn; Villa Rubein in 1900 as John Sinjohn; A Man of Devon in 1901 as John Sinjohn; The Island Pharisees in 1904; The Silver Box in 1906 - his first drama; The Country House in 1907; A Commentary in 1908; Fraternity in 1909; A Justification for the Censorship of Plays in 1909; Strife in 1909; Fraternity in 1909; Joy in 1909; Justice in 1910; A Motley in 1910; The Spirit of Punishment in 1910; Horses in Mines in 1910; The Patrician in 1911; The Little Dream in 1911; The Pigeon in 1912; The Eldest Son in 1912; and many other wonderful stories. John Galsworthy OM was a British author and dramatist. His remarkable writings are The Forsyte Saga and its series, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. John was born at Parkhurst which is now called as Galsworthy House on Kingston Hill in Surrey, England. His parents were John and Blanche Bartleet Bailey Galsworthy. His family was well-to-do and well reputable, with a huge property in Kingston on Thames that is nowadays the location of three schools: Marymount International School, Rokeby Preparatory School, and Holy Cross Preparatory School. He is today mostly recognized for his books, especially The Forsyte Saga, his trio of the nominative family and related lives. These novels, as with several of his other writings, have something to do with social class, and upper-middle class lives.