Complete Family Saga of Love, Wealth, and Scandal
The family saga about love, wealth, and scandal is complete, featuring acclaimed acting and lavish costumes. New viewers of Channel 5's period drama The Forsytes may not be familiar with its beloved predecessor, The Forsyte Saga.
An Enduring Classic
Although it first aired over two decades ago, period drama enthusiasts continue to praise this expansive, multi-generational story of an affluent family. The latest series serves as a prequel and a "reimagining" of John Galsworthy’s Nobel Prize-winning novels.
The Forsyte Saga Overview
The Forsyte Saga is a 10-part ITV miniseries tracing scandals across three generations of a socially ambitious family from the 1870s to the 1920s. At its core is Damien Lewis's character, Soames Forsyte, who delivers a
"constant marvel" of a performance. Soames is a wealthy solicitor obsessed with property and riches.
Key Characters and Themes
- Soames Forsyte pursues Irene Heron (played by Gina McKee), a beautiful woman living in genteel poverty.
- Despite Soames's wealth, Irene initially rejects his advances.
- Their eventual marriage reveals that money cannot buy love.
Legacy and Social Commentary
Their troubled marriage and its fallout are central to this saga, which explores a family consumed by wealth and social status. Spanning roughly fifty years from Victorian times until the end of the First World War, The Forsyte Saga offers sharp social commentary on Britain’s societal changes at the turn of the 20th century.
“The Forsyte Saga is renowned for its social commentary of a changing British society at the turn of the 20th century.”
Author's summary: This lavish period drama vividly portrays the complexities of love, social ambition, and wealth across generations, capturing the evolving British society in the early 1900s.
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