《进退维谷》是约翰·高尔斯华绥（1867-1933）所著三部曲《福尔赛世家》的第二部。时隔12年。老乔里恩·福尔赛已经作古，小乔里恩也失去了妻子，与儿女们相依为命。艾琳子然一身，以教授音乐课谋生。索姆斯意识到再无与艾琳破镜重圆的希望，就开始考虑重娶，以生下儿子继承家业，结果看中了法国姑娘安内特，他为了离婚去找艾琳。艾琳容颜依旧，顿时又激起了索姆斯的旧情；他要求与艾琳重归于好。艾琳为了躲避他而远走巴黎。索姆斯又赴巴黎纠缠艾琳。艾琳害怕他再行无礼，悄悄返回英国，决定和乔里恩结合在一起。索姆斯只好娶了安内特。时隔不久，艾琳生了个儿子乔恩，安内特也艰难地为丈夫生下个女儿芙蕾。

作者简介

内容简介

Forsyte Family Tree

PART ONE

1 At Timothy's

2 Exit a Man of the World

3 Soames Prepares to Take Steps

4 Soho

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PART TWO

1 The Third Generation

2 Soames Puts it to Touch

3 Visit to Irene

4 Where Forsytes Fear to Tread

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PART THREE

1 Soames in Paris

2 In the Web

3 Richmond Park

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INTERLUDE

Awakening

Notes

"They say dear Jolyon first left her that fifteen thousand out and out;then of course he saw it would not be right,and made it for h- er life only."