Young Jolyon

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Young Jolyon is a central character in John Galsworthy’s "The Forsyte Saga," known for his artistic temperament and rebellious break from his wealthy Victorian family’s values.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn In Chancery
The Forsyte Saga
The Man of Property
To Let
centralCharacterIn The Forsyte Saga
characterTrait artistic
idealistic
rebellious
sympathetic
createdBy John Galsworthy
fictionalUniverse The Forsyte Saga universe
linked to: The Forsyte Saga
firstPublicationContext The Man of Property (1906)
linked to: The Man of Property
gender male
hasChild Fleur Forsyte
Holly Forsyte
Jolly Forsyte
linked to: Jolyon Forsyte
hasFamilyName Forsyte
linked to: Forsyte family
hasFather Old Jolyon
hasFormerSpouse Frances Forsyte
hasRelationshipWith Irene Forsyte
hasSpouse Helene
Irene Forsyte
languageOfCharacter English
literaryPeriod Edwardian literature
memberOf Forsyte family
narrativeFunction contrast to Soames Forsyte
narrativeRole protagonist
nationality English
occupation artist
watercolour painter
opposes Forsyte family values
linked to: Forsyte family

Victorian materialism
relatedTo Old Jolyon
Soames Forsyte
setting Edwardian England
linked to: Edwardian era

Victorian England
linked to: Victorian era
socialClass upper middle class
themeAssociation art versus commerce
individualism versus family duty
marital breakdown
social change in late 19th and early 20th century England

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Jolyon Forsyte hasNickname Young Jolyon