Under a burning blue sky, among the pine-trees and junipers, the cypresses and olives of that Odyssean coast, we came one afternoon on a pink house bearing the legend: "Osteria di Tranquillita,"; and, partly because of the name, and partly because we did not expect to find a house at all in those goat-haunted groves above the waves, we tarried for contemplation.

Excerpt from The Foundations: An Extravagant Play
Lord William Dromondy's mansion in Park Lane. Eight o'clock of the evening. Little Anne Dromondy and the large footman, James, gaunt and grim, discovered in the wine cellar, by light of gas. James, in plush breeches, is selecting wine.
L. Anne. James, are you really James?
James. No, my proper name's John.
L. Anne. Oh A pause] And is Charles's an improper name too?
James. His proper name's Mark.
L. Anne. Then is Thomas Matthew?
James. Miss Anne, stand clear o' that bin. You'll put your foot through one o' those...

The Mob: A Play in Four Acts by John Galsworthy

Excerpt from The Skin Game: A Tragi-Comedy
Hillcrist's study. A pleasant room, with books in calf bindings, and signs that the Hillcrists have travelled, such as a large photograph of the Taj Mahal, of Table Mountain, and the Pyramids of Egypt. A large bureau stage Right], devoted to the business of a country estate. Two foxes' masks. Flowers in bowls. Deep armchairs. A large French window open at Back], with a lovely view of a slight rise of fields and trees in August sunlight. A fine stone fireplace stage Left], A door Left], A door opposite Right]. General colour effect - stone,...

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and dramatist, is most widely known as the author of The Forsyte Saga, but recent productions testify to the power that his plays still exert over modern audiences and the strength and relevance of the issues he raise

This antiquarian volume contains John Galsworthy's 1920s novel, 'Tatterdemalion'. A wonderful example of Galsworthy's masterful fiction-writing prowess, this novel is a veritable must-read for fans of his work, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: The Grey Angel, Defeat, Flotsam and Jetsam, The Bright Side, The Recruit, The Dog It Was That Died, In Heaven and Earth, The Mother Stone, The Muffled Ship, Heritage, A Green Hill Far Away... and more. John Galsworthy (1867 1933) was an esteemed English novelist and playwright, who is most...

The author's recollection of a favorite black cocker spaniel dog, beautifully illustrated. John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians- the Forsytes. He made their lives and times - loves and losses - fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

After a failed revolution, Abel is forced to seek refuge in the virgin forests of southwestern Venezuela. There, in his "green mansion," Abel meets the wood-nymph Rima, the last of a reclusive aboriginal race. The bird-girl's ethereal presence captivates him completely, but the love that blossoms is soon darkened by cruelty and sorrow. Exploring a love somewhere between reality and imagination, Green Mansions is a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man. A master of natural history...