First published 2001
In the gilded world of the Forsyte family, property means everything. Soames Forsyte, a successful London solicitor, sees his wife Irene as another possession to control—alongside his prized house at Robin Hill. But Irene refuses to be owned, her resistance growing with each passing year of their loveless marriage. When she falls in love with an architect, Soames's carefully constructed life begins to fracture. His desperate attempts to maintain ownership—of land, reputation, and his wife—trigger a devastating chain of events that will expose the brutal emotional mechanics of possession. At stake is not just a marriage, but the entire social fabric of an aristocratic family wrestling with changing Victorian values.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, marriage-of-convenience
Setting: Edwardian England, Robin Hill
Period: Edwardian Era
364 pages · Paperback · Penguin recent (post )