John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 - 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1906—1921) and its sequels, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill in Surrey, England into an established wealthy family, the son of John and Blanche Bailey (nee Bartleet) Galsworthy. His large Kingston upon Thames estate is now the site of three schools: Marymount International, Rokeby Preparatory School and Holy Cross. He attended Harrow and New College, Oxford, training as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1890. However, he was not keen to begin practicing law and instead travelled abroad to look after the family's shipping business interests. During these travels he met Joseph Conrad, then the first mate of a sailing-ship moored in the harbour of Adelaide, Australia, and the two future novelists became close friends. In 1895 Galsworthy began an affair with Ada Nemesis Pearson Cooper (1864—1956), the wife of Maj. Arthur Galsworthy, one of his cousins. After her divorce ten years later, the pair married on 23 September 1905 and stayed together until his death in 1933. Prior to their marriage they stayed clandestinely in a farmhouse called Wingstone in the village of Manaton on Dartmoor, Devon. From 1908 he took out a long lease on part of the building and made it their regular second home until 1923. but there are also memorials in Highgate 'New' Cemetery and in the cloisters of New College, Oxford (the latter cut and placed in the cloisters by Eric Gill). The popularity of his fiction waned quickly after his death but the hugely successful adaptation of ''The Forsyte Saga'' in 1967 renewed interest in his work.
A Bit O' Love (Fourth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.A Family Man (Fifth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Beyond by John Galsworthy.
Essays Concerning Letters by John Galsworthy.
Essays on Censorship and Art by John Galsworthy.
Five Tales by John Galsworthy.
Fraternity by John Galsworthy.
Hall-Marked and Others (Six Short Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Inn of Tranquility and Other Essays by John Galsworthy.
Joy (First Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Justice (Second Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Loyalties (Fifth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Quality and Other Studies and Essays by John Galsworthy.
Quotes and Images From The Works of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy.
Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy.
Strife (First Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Burning Spear by John Galsworthy.
The Country House by John Galsworthy.
The Dark Flower by John Galsworthy.
The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The First and The Last (Six Short Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. by John Galsworthy.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. by John Galsworthy.
The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Freelands by John Galsworthy.
The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy.
The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Little Man (Six Short Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Mob (Third Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Patrician by John Galsworthy.
The Pigeon (Third Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Silver Box (First Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories by John Galsworthy.
Windows (Fifth Series Plays) by John Galsworthy.