The Silver Spoon (The Forsyte Chronicles)|5

The Silver Spoon is the fifth book in John Galsworthys epic Forsyte Chronicles a series that tells the tale of the affluent Forsyte family as the Victorian era came to an end. It is a part of the second trilogy A Modern Comedy and it continues his interesting examination of the British aristocracy in a society in transition.In The Silver Spoon Fleur the daughter of Soames Forsyte too suffers an innate unhappiness with her marriage however this time Fleur is the one who falls in love. Fleur is married to Michael Mont and is descended from a barony but her true love is Jon who she is not allowed to date because he is the son of her fathers ex-wife.