English novelist and playwright, born at Coombe, Surrey, on the 14th of August 1867. He was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1890, but devoted himself mainly to literature. His earliest novel, Jocelyn, appeared in 1898; but he first attracted general attention with The Island Pharisees (1904) and The Man of Property (1906). These were followed by The Country House (1907); Fraternity (1908); The Patrician (1911); The Dark Flower (1913); The Freelands (1915); Saint’s Progress (1919); In Chancery (1920); To Let (1921); in addition to essays and short stories. Meanwhile he had also made a considerable reputation as a writer of realistic drama with a strong emotional appeal, notably The Silver Box (1906), Joy (1907), Strife (1909) and Justice (1910). His later plays include The Pigeon (1912), The Eldest Son (1912), The Fugitive (1913) and The Skin Game (1920).
See Sheila Kaye-Smith, John Galsworthy (1916). See also “Bianca’s ‘Day’,” “The Vagabonds” and “A Letter to the American People.”
