The Hillcrists, old gentry, are horrified when Hornblower, a self-made industrialist, buys land near their house and evicts tenants to build factories. The quarrel over one estate turns into a war of auction-room tricks and blackmail, as each family stoops lower to win, and decency is the first casualty.
One of Galsworthy’s most successful plays, a pointed study of class and its costs after 1918. Download the free EPUB.