The Good Soldier
Total Points
#281
- Pages
- 368
- Genres
- Historical Fiction England War
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion is a 1915 novel by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique pioneered by Ford. It also makes use of the device of the unreliable narrator, as the main character...
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Sep 9th, 2018
This is what love is, sometimes you’re lucky, other times not. Mostly not.
Jan 5th, 2018
discovered Ford Madox Ford in 2016 and I'm never disappointed!!
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Oct 6th, 2014
Through the eyes of the almost invisible narrator the central characters of this novel all seem to start out as virtuous people. As the story unfolds this seemingly positive group of people are progressively revealed by the narrator (if we believe him) to be flawed, often fatally. A fascinating, if at times uncomfortable, read.
Feb 15th, 2014
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