Set against the backdrop of English upper-class life, the story centers on the conflicted judge Mr. Pendyce and his family. When scandal and forbidden love threaten their social standing, long-held moral and class ideals begin to unravel. Through quiet tension and subtle irony, Galsworthy exposes the fragility of genteel respectability. The novel reflects a society trapped between tradition and change, where personal conscience clashes with convention.
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