The Good Soldier Summary
Ford Madox Ford

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The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion is a novel about the nine-year association between two married couples. John Dowell is married to Florence; Captain Edward Ashburnham is married to Leonora; Florence and Edward are having an affair, with Leonora's knowledge. John does not find out about this affair until his wife's death. John narrates what he considers "the saddest story" he has ever heard to an imagined companion, as if...

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Ford Madox Ford Biographies (5)

Ford Madox Ford

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The English author Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) is best known for his novels The Good Soldier and Parade's End. An outstanding editor, he published works by many significant writers of his era.Ford Mad... Read more

Ford Madox Ford

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Though a controversial writer and often an easy target for critics because of his literary and personal excesses, Ford Madox Ford played a key role in the development of modern literature. His collabo... Read more

Ford Madox Ford

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Ford Madox Ford is one of the important novelists of the century and one of the creators of modern literature. The Good Soldier (1915) is one of the indisputable classics in the modern idiom. The tetr... Read more

Ford Madox Ford

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On 21 April 1930 Ford Madox Ford humorously replied to a request for a piece of short fiction: "Alas, though modesty is foreign to my nature I know that I cannot do certain things; the understanding o... Read more

Ford Madox Ford

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Biography EssayThough a controversial writer and often an easy target for critics because of his literary and personal excesses, Ford Madox Ford played a key role in the development of modern literatu... Read more

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