The Country House

Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Spencer Gore, Philip de László and James Tissot. The Pendyce estate must pass intact to the eldest son, and the son has taken up with a married woman — so the squire, the parson and the family solicitor set about correcting him. Galsworthy trained as a barrister, never practiced, and spent his career dissecting the class that produced him: this ...