In Chancery Part 1 Chapter 1 - At Timothy's

In which the Forsyte family, emblematic of a shifting English society, navigates the slow but certain spread of possessiveness and personal liberty through generations marked by cautious reproduction, changed customs, and a lingering provincial spirit. Amidst funerals and family gatherings, Soames Forsyte wrestles with his own sense of time, solitude, and the constraints of an undivorced life, all while observing the peculiarities and quaint steadfastness of his kin.