The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion - Softcover

Ford, Ford Madox

9781599868158: The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion

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ISBN 10: 1599868156 ISBN 13: 9781599868158

Publisher: Filiquarian, 2007

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The Good Soldier is a popular early 20th century novel written by author Ford Madox Ford. The story taking place just before the first world war, focuses on the lives of two couples with seemingly perfect relationships. This novel is loosely based on incidents in the real life of author Ford Madox Ford's personal life. The Good Soldier is a an excellent book for those who are interested in novels dealing with the relationships and also those who are fans of the writings of Ford Madox Ford.

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'A Tale of Passion', as its sub-title declares, The Good Soldier tells of the complex social and sexual relationships between two couples, one English, one American, and the growing awareness by the American narrator John Dowell of the intrigues and passions behind their orderly Edwardian facade. It is the attitude of Dowell, his puzzlement and uncertainty, and the seemingly haphazard manner of his narration that make the book so powerful and mysterious. Ford called it 'the only novel of mine that I considered...at all to count' and it has perplexed and delighted commentators since its publication in 1915. The novel has many comic moments, despite its catalogue of death, insanity, and despair, and has been read as both a comedy and a tragedy. It has inspired the works of many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene.

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