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.

It is a multi-layered story which often places a particular emphasis on exploring and chronicling the city of London, its history, literature, culture and people.

The main character of the anti-colonial novel is usually an Englishman who has friends among the local population and does not support the British colonial policy.

It depicts colonial life, usually of Anglo-African or Anglo-Asian worlds, with a bit satirical and gloomy tone, deprived of any romantic touch

It often portrays the hero being disillusioned with the life and dissatisfied with his job and the society where he is unfit.

In his «discussion» plays Shaw holds the audience’s attention by the power of the witty argumentation.

Shaw combined moral problems with ironic tone and paradoxes, turning the stage into a forum of ideas.

Shaw’s poems are noted for their use of blank verse and folklore elements.

Shaw explores person’s inner consciousness, employing the “stream-of-consciousness” technique.

“The Outline of History”

“The Time Machine”

“Kipps”

"The War of the Worlds"

In much of his work Fowles has continued the long tradition of literary satire.

Fowles's novels are characterised by existential motifs, psychological insight and postmodern literary techniques.

Fowles combined contemporary moral problems with ironic tone and paradoxes, often turning the stage into a forum of ideas.

Fowles is the master of layered story-telling and purposefully ambiguous endings, whose protagonists must confront their past, in order to gain their personal freedom.

It usually creates a realistic story of the public and private life of English bourgeoisie.

It often portrays the hero (a young man) being disillusioned with the life and dissatisfied with his job and the society where he is unfit and deprived of normal rights.

In his novels, Ackroyd employs pastiche, intertextuality, parody, and reference.

It is a multi-layered story which often places a particular emphasis on exploring and chronicling the city of London, its history, literature, culture and people.