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saga

sa·ga [ sgə ] (plural sa·gas)

noun

Definition:

1. series of events: a complicated series of events or personal experiences stretching over a considerable period of time, or a detailed account of such a series of events or experiences ( informal )

Have you heard the saga of our coast-to-coast relocation?

2. long novel or series of novels: a long story or novel, or a series of stories or novels, often following the lives of a family or community over several generations

3. Norse literary genre: an epic tale in Old Norse literature, usually in prose, recounting events in the lives of historical and mythological figures from medieval Iceland and Norway

[Early 18th century. < Old Icelandic]

Cultural Note


	The Forsyte Saga, a series of novels (1906-1922) by British writer John Galsworthy. Set in early 20th-century England, it charts the decline of traditional Victorian values in upper-middle-class society through the story of three generations of the Forsyte family. It was made into a popular television series in 1967 and again in 2002.