Overview

Windows examines how ideals can fracture when confronted with real human vulnerability. It presents a household that believes itself guided by reason and moral clarity until the arrival of a troubled outsider exposes the fragility of those convictions. Daily routines give the impression of stability, yet behind polite exchanges lie impatience, disillusionment, and a growing awareness that certainty is far easier to maintain when untested. Conversations inside the home reveal competing beliefs about personal responsibility, compassion, and the limits of patience. The family debates the value of principles while quietly fearing the consequences of living by them. The outsider's presence forces each person to reassess comfortable assumptions, revealing how quickly judgment replaces empathy when reputation or privacy feels threatened. Ideals become strained under the weight of inconvenience, and lofty claims about integrity dissolve into tension and blame. The work ultimately suggests that clarity is not achieved by viewing life through abstract values, but by acknowledging the complexity, weakness, and desperation within ordinary human decisions.

Full Product Details

9789374838389

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist who lived from 14 August 1867 to 31 January 1933. His novels, The Forsyte Saga, and two more trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter, are his best-known works. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Galsworthy, who came from a wealthy upper-middle-class family, was expected to become a lawyer, but he found the profession unappealing, so he resorted to literature. Before his first book, The Man of Property, about the Forsyte family, was released in 1897. His debut play, The Silver Box, had its London premiere the same year. As a writer, he gained notoriety for his socially conscious plays that addressed issues such as the politics and morality of war, the persecution of women, the use of solitary confinement in prisons, the battle of workers against exploitation, and jingoism. The patriarch, Old Jolyon, is based on Galsworthy's father, and the Forsyte family in the collection of books and short tales known as The Forsyte Chronicles is comparable to Galsworthy's family in many aspects.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available