The Freelands: The Land Question
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Four Freeland brothers — a squire, a bureaucrat, a banker and a Tolstoyan — quarrel over England while farm laborers are evicted from their cottages and a girl of their own family takes the laborers' side. Galsworthy wrote it in 1915, at the height of his fame and his doubts; the land question is real, the family is his own class, and nobody comes out well. Fifty-eight plates of painting from 1840 to 1926, including work by William Orpen and Spencer Gore, extend the novel's portrait of a country dividing against itself.
Four Freeland brothers — a squire, a bureaucrat, a banker and a Tolstoyan — quarrel over England while farm laborers are evicted from their cottages and a girl of their own family takes the laborers' side. Galsworthy wrote it in 1915, at the height of his fame and his doubts; the land question is...
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John Galsworthy (1867–1933) was an English novelist and playwright. His works include The Dark Flower, The Freelands, Beyond, Saint's Progress, Five Tales, The Island Pharisees, The Country House, Fraternity, and The Patrician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
John Galsworthy (1867–1933) was an English novelist and playwright. His works include The Dark Flower, The Freelands, Beyond, Saint's Progress, Five Tales, The Island Pharisees, The Country House, Fraternity, and The Patrician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.
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