The Forsyte sequence deals with three generations of an upper-middle-class clan of businessmen.

The events detailed in the Forsyte sequence take place in Dublin, in less than twenty-four hours, beginning on Thursday morning June 16, 1904, at about eight o’clock.

The Forsyte sequence creates a realistic story of the public and private life of English bourgeoisie, covering the period from 1886 till 1926.

The Forsyte sequence tells a story set in a nightmarish dystopia in which the state wields total control.