The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier
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The meeting of the Dowells and the Ashburnhams in a health spa is the centre of a trail of lies, deception, love triangles and deaths. John Dowell tells the story, his testimony unreliable from distance, ignorance, and the denial of the intimate reality of his wife's deception.
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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
The meeting of John and Florence Dowell and Edward and Leonora Ashburnham in a German health spa is the centre of a train of lies, deceptions, adulterous love triangles and deaths. John Dowell, a memorably "unreliable" narrator, calls it "the saddest story I have ever heard". His narrative distance stems partly from the distance in time of the events, partly from his absence from some of them, but mostly from his ignorance or denial of realities as intimate as his wife's serial deception.
Born in Devon in 1873, and educated in England, Germany and France, Ford changed his original surname, Hueffer, in 1919, after having served with the British army in World War I (1914-1918). He wrote over 60 works including novels, poems, criticism,travel essays and reminiscences, Ford also edited the English Review (1908-11) and the Transatlantic Review (1924, Paris). THE GOOD SOLDIER (1915) is considered his masterpiece. From 1927 on Ford lived in the United States and in France.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141181196 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141181192 |
| Titre | The Good Soldier |
| Auteur | Ford Madox Ford |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Année de publication | 2002-04-04 |
| Nombre de pages | 256 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |