A classic novel by the great John Galsworthy, in which he returns to his favorite themes—the tragic, doomed-to-catastrophe love and the hypocrisy of England’s upper class.
Love is a passion that upends the whole life of an older aristocrat. But society treats every manifestation of passion as shameful weakness. Shame, universal condemnation, ostracism—this is what awaits lovers who dared to stand against the cold morality of high society. How can one avoid the tragedy to come?..