The Good Soldier

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Random House, Oct 31, 2010 - Fiction - 272 pages

A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion.

When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the surface of their marriage is far more sinister and their influence leads John into a tragic drama that threatens to destroy everything he cares about.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE HELLER

 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
73
Section 3
92
Section 4
97
Section 5
115
Section 6
126
Section 7
154
Section 8
171
Section 9
183
Section 10
202
Section 11
217
Section 12
240
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About the author (2010)

Ford Madox Ford was born on 17 December 1873 in Merton, Devon. He began writing in the 1890s and both his fiction and his criticism are celebrated. His most famous works are The Good Soldier (1915) and Parade's End (1924-8). His other major contribution to literature was the foundation of the English Review in 1908 and the Transatlantic Review in 1924. Ford changed his surname from Hueffer in 1919 after serving in the British army in France during the First World War. After 1927 Ford lived in the United States and France, and he died in Deauville on 26 June 1939.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Good Soldier
AuthorFord Madox Ford
ContributorZoe Heller
PublisherRandom House, 2010
ISBN140905991X, 9781409059912
Length272 pages
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