# Michael Mont — The Forsyte Saga character guide

> Michael Mont in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Michael Mont, Mont, Mr. Michael Mont, Mr. Mont, young Mont, Michael

**First appearance:** 0098-part-i-ii-fine-fleur-forsyte

## Snapshot

A young baronet of modern sympathies who marries Fleur, bringing a well-meaning, restless energy into the Forsyte orbit.

## Who they are

Michael Mont enters the saga as a young man of title and progressive instincts, drawn into the family through his marriage to Fleur. He is generous, curious, and a little unmoored, his modern outlook rubbing against the older Forsytes' settled habits. His presence in the later arc tests whether the clan's possessive instincts can accommodate a temperament that wants something more than property and propriety.

## In the story

### [Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-i-encounter)

A young man at the gallery who returns Soames's handkerchief and accepts an invitation to see his pictures.

### [Goya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-ix-goya)

Visits Soames's gallery; discusses art and property with irreverent humor; suggests a law forcing owners to display Old Masters publicly.

### [Caprice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-xii-caprice)

Michael Mont ferries Fleur across the river, talking incessantly about himself, his opinions, and his admiration for Fleur.

### [Soames' Private Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-soames-private-life)

Visits Soames and expresses his feelings for Fleur; Soames dismisses him.

### [IX: The Fat in the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-the-fat-in-the-fire)

Visits Soames to ask about Fleur; appears in a boat at the end of the chapter.

### [Soames Cogitates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-soames-cogitates)

Courts Fleur; Soames observes his adoration and unconventional business philosophy.

### [The Fixed Idea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-v-the-fixed-idea)

Attends the theatre with Fleur and Soames, expresses progressive views, and is infatuated with Fleur.

### [The Dark Tune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-viii-the-dark-tune)

Mentioned as having visited Fleur earlier that evening, leaving on a motorcycle.

### [Fleur's Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-iii-x-fleur-s-wedding)

The groom; described as a young socialist and deliriously in love with Fleur.

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