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Five Tales

Author
John Galsworthy
Language
English
Length
214 pages
ISBN
9781836105176
Published
30 April 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • moral dilemmas
  • family loyalty
  • crime and guilt
  • legal conflict
  • ethical choices
  • psychological tension
  • social expectations
  • justice versus compassion
  • interpersonal drama
  • consequences of actions

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Five Tales by John Galsworthy opens with “The First and Last,” where barrister Keith Darrant faces a moral crisis after his brother confesses to murder. Torn between duty and justice, he must decide how far loyalty extends. Across the collection, Galsworthy explores guilt, family ties, and the weight of choices within a rigid society.

Author

John Galsworthy (1867–1933) helped shape the English novel's passage from Victorian certainties to twentieth-century doubt. A barrister who turned to literature in his thirties, he wrote with an insider's knowledge of the leisured classes and a reformer's impatience with their complacency. The Forsyte Saga made him famous — a multi-generational study of money, marriage, and the hunger to own.

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