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20/20 'FORSYTE' PBS DELIVERS SHARP, WELL-OBSERVED ADAPTATION OF GALSWORTHY'S VICTORIAN SOAP OPERA.(U)(Review)

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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 20021006
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Byline: David Kronke TV Critic

WHEN John Galsworthy (1867-1933) released his novel ``The Man of Property'' in 1906, he didn't immediately foresee it becoming part of a series. Its sequel, ``To Let,'' wouldn't hit bookstores for another 15 years.

But once the idea clicked - which is to say, once books featuring the stormy Forsyte family became instant best sellers - there was no stopping him. The final eight books of the nine-volume series gushed out in a 12-year span, ending only with his death.

Galsworthy based Soames Forsyte, the tremulously unfeeling control ...

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