John Galsworthy

Dvadtsatitrekhletnjaja Dzhip - ocharovatelnaja junaja ledi, obozhajuschaja okhotu na lis, skachki i muzyku. Poznakomivshis s virtuoznym skripachom Forsenom, devushka vljubljaetsja v ego vydajuschijsja talant i vopreki vole ottsa vykhodit za muzykanta zamuzh. No ochen skoro Dzhip ponimaet, chto ljubov k iskusstvu i ljubov k ego tvortsu - sovershenno raznye veschi. V dannoe izdanie takzhe voshel roman "Pomeste", povestvujuschij o zhizni britanskikh aristokratov v kontse XIX veka. Posle togo kak naslednik uvlekaetsja stavkami i svjazyvaetsja s zamuzhnej zhenschinoj, glava semejstva podumyvaet lishit ego nasledstva. Odnako po mestnym zakonam pomeste vse ravno dolzhno dostatsja starshemu synu. Mat tem vremenem ischet sposob spasti semju ot pozora...

Na stranitsakh romana "Tjomnyj tsvetok" podrobno opisana zhizn glavnogo geroja skulptora Marka Lennana, tochnee, poisk vdokhnovenija i ljubvi, neobkhodimykh dlja tvorchestva. Ot robkoj vljublennosti v zamuzhnjuju damu, tomjaschujusja v neschastlivom zamuzhestve v ozhidanii nastojaschego chuvstva, k vsepogloschajuschej strasti, v kontse kontsov gubjaschej izbrannuju im zhenschinu, i v preddverii starosti - trogatelnaja ljubov k junoj Nell, ot kotoroj prikhoditsja otkazatsja radi dushevnogo pokoja s detstva predannoj emu Silvii. Tonkij psikhologizm v sochetanii s istinnym anglijskim jumorom, anatomija chuvstv muzhchiny, traditsionnoe dlja Golsuorsi vnimanie k detaljam - vsjo eto est v romane, zadumannom, po slovam avtora, kak "issledovanie Strasti", simvolom kotoroj stanovitsja temno-krasnaja gvozdika. Strast v etom romane - zhestokaja, tjomnaja, razrushitelnaja sila, sposobnaja slomat zhizn ljubimoj zhenschiny. V izdanie takzhe vkljuchen roman "Patritsij" - istorija tragicheskoj ljubvi mezhdu ljudmi iz raznykh klassov, perevernuvshej ikh zhizni. Elegantnaja serija dlja elegantnykh zhenschin. Utonchennost, vnimanie k detaljam, prijatnye tsveta i taktilnye materialy, bezuprechnost stilja - vse eto o novom dizajnerskom oformlenii. Kapsulnuju seriju obedinjaet obschaja kartinka na koreshke, vnutri maket s illjustratsijami. Eto 36-ja kniga serii.

Strast - nekontroliruemaja, bezumnaja, bezuderzhnaja. Strast - jadovitaja, kak ekzoticheskij temnyj tsvetok. Ona razrushaet zhizn, no pridaet smysl suschestvovaniju. Ona delaet cheloveka libo schastlivejshim, libo neschastnejshim iz smertnykh. No chem otlichaetsja strast junoshi ot strasti zrelogo muzhchiny? V odnom iz luchshikh svoikh romanov Dzhon Golsuorsi ne prosto analiziruet s prisuschim emu psikhologizmom temu ljubvi i strasti, no i sozdaet tseluju galereju interesnykh personazhej, na mesto kotorykh chitatel nevolno stavit sebja...

"Sagu o Forsajtakh" Golsuorsi pisal bolee 15 let. Poistine ne imejuschij analogov po masshtabnosti tsikl, okhvatyvajuschij zhizni ne odnogo pokolenija semi Forsajt i ikh blizhajshego okruzhenija. Neodnokratno sluzhivshaja osnovoj dlja teleserialov i filmov, eta epicheskaja semejnaja saga, s odnoj storony, podnimaet ostrye sotsialnye voprosy, a s drugoj - rasskazyvaet o sudbakh ljudej, chi zhiznennye perepitii ne ostavjat nikogo ravnodushnym. Jarkie kharaktery, neozhidannye sjuzhetnye povoroty, ljubov i strast, smetajuschie vse na svoem puti, spletni, kozni, intrigi, tajny, - vot osnova uspekha etoj nikogda ne ustarevajuschej knigi.

John Galsworthy OM (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is viewed as one of the first writers of the Edwardian era; challenging in his works some of the ideals of society depicted in the preceeding literature of Victorian England. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1932. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906-1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. From the Four Winds was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897, a collection of short stories. These, and several subsequent works, were published under the pen name John Sinjohn and it would not be until The Island Pharisees (1904) that he would begin publishing under his own name. His first play, The Silver Box (1906) became a success, and he followed it up with The Man of Property (1906), the first in the Forsyte trilogy.