The good soldier
Subtitle: a tale of passion
By: Ford Madox Ford ; edited with an introduction by Thomas C. Moser.
Contributors: Moser, Thomas C.
Series: World's classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Description: 'A Tale of Passion', as its sub-title declares, The Good Soldier tells of 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 and uncertainty, and the seemingly haphazard manner of his narration that make the book so powerful and mysterious.

Ford called it 'the only novel of mine that I considered...at all to count' and it has perplexed and delighted commentators since its publication in 1915. The novel has many comic moments, despite its catalogue of death, insanity, and despair, and has been read as both a comedy and a tragedy. It has inspired the works of many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene.
Notes: Includes bibliograpical references.