SOURCE: "The Short Stories of Galsworthy and Other Studies," in The Art of Galsworthy and Other Studies, Vidyarthi Granthagar, 1963, pp. 53-60.

In the following excerpt, Gupta provides a thematic analysis of Galsworthy's short stories, concluding that his body of work is "truly impressive in its range and compass. "

Galsworthy wrote a large number of short stories of various lengths, some like "A Stoic" or "Salvation of a Forsyte," almost novelettes, others mere skits like "Nightmare Child," "Strange Things," "Expectations," or "A Woman." These are an organic part of his work as a writer of fiction and "help to fill in and round out" the corners in his work. They are, like the Interludes in the Forsyte Chronicles, pendents or "cameos" serving as essential ornaments in his work.

These stories follow the same technique of brooding, introspective writing which characterises the novels. It is as though his work, representing...