num_pages: 307
description: "A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldier relates the complex social and sexual relationships between two couples, one English, one American, and the growing awareness by the American narrator John Dowell of the intrigues and passions behind their orderly Edwardian facade. It is the attitude of Dowell, his puzzlement, uncertainty, and the seemingly haphazard manner of his narration that make the book so powerful and mysterious. Despite its catalogue of death, insanity, and despair, the novel has many comic moments, and has inspired the work of several distinguished writers, including Graham Greene. This is the only annotated edition available.
language: English
title: The Good Soldier
titlecomplete: The Good Soldier
characters: Florence Dowell, Bagshawe, Nancy Rufford, Edward Ashburnham, John Dowell, Leonora Ashburnham, Maisie Maidan
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, English Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 26085
places: England
publisher: Oxford University Press