The Forsyte sequence tells a story set in a nightmarish dystopia in which the state wields total control.

The Forsyte sequence deals with three generations of an upper-middle-class clan of businessmen.

The Forsyte sequence creates a realistic story of the public and private life of English bourgeoisie, covering the period from 1886 till 1926.

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Both anti-utopia and dystopia are places which the characters live in

Both anti-utopia and dystopia pretend to be good

Both anti-utopia and dystopia are characterised by caste system where social mobility is not possible

Both anti-utopia and dystopia feature technology more advanced than that of contemporary society

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

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.

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

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