The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939)
7th May 1997 at Martine's House
Synopsis
"You would have said he was just exactly the sort of
chap that you could have trusted your wife with..." This
is Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier and a perfect English
gentleman, a man whose single (fatal) flaw is his blind ruthlessness
in affairs of love. Our only window on the strange tangle
of events surrounding Ashburnham is provided by his friend,
the husband he deceives. Ford's narrator entrusts us with
everything he can remember, and these memories weave themselves
into one of the most extraordinary tales of passion and betrayal
ever told.
Published reviews
In The Good Soldier Ford triumphantly found his true
subject ... the English "gentleman", the "black and merciless
things" which lie behind that facade ... I don't know how
many times in nearly forty years I have come back to this
novel of Ford's, every time to discover a new aspect to admire.
Graham Greene
Related resources
Biography
on Pegasos site
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