Good Soldier
Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 13, 1989, is a reissue edition featuring 304 pages in English. This novel unfolds in the elegant German spa town of Bad Nauheim, where two affluent couples, one British and the other American, gather for their annual meeting. The narrative shifts between the years 1902 and 1914, exploring the complexities of their relationships against the backdrop of a society on the brink of World War I.
Readers will encounter themes of deceit, infidelity, and betrayal as the seemingly refined lives of these characters unravel. The story centers on Edward Ashburnham, who grapples with his moral obligations while being drawn to younger women, revealing the tensions that lie beneath the surface of upper-class propriety. The exploration of romance and historical context adds depth to this classic work, making it a significant piece of 20th-century literature.
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At the fashionable German spa town Bad Nauheim, two wealthy, fin de siecle couples — one British, the other American — meet for their yearly assignation. As their story moves back and forth in time between 1902 and 1914, the fragile surface propriety of the pre — World War I society in which these four characters live is ruptured — revealing deceit, hatred, infidelity, and betrayal. “The Good Soldier” is Edward Ashburnham, who, as an adherent to the moral code of the English upper class, is nonetheless consumed by a passion for women younger than his wife — a stoic but fallible figure in what his American friend, John Dowell, calls “the saddest story I ever heard.”
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