A chronicle of the ebbing social power of London's upper-middle class, from the 1880s to the early 1920s. The saga of the love triangle of Soames Forsyte, his estranged wife Irene, and his bohemian cousin Jolyon examines wider developmentswithin society, particularly the changing position of women. Includes three novels: The Man of Property, In Chancery, and To Let, with two interludes, Indian Summer of a Forsyte and Awakening. A PBS Masterpiece Theater presentation.