The good soldier : a tale of passion / Ford Madox Ford ; edited with an introduction and notes by Max Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939, author.

Contributor:

Saunders, Max, editor.

Series:

Oxford World's Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Germany--Fiction.

British.

Bad Nauheim (Germany)--Fiction.

Bad Nauheim (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lvii, 253 pages)

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

This is the saddest story I have ever heard.'Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends over the years and gradually the history of their relationships and the passions that lie behind the orderly Edwardian façade are unveiled. Dowell is the archetypal 'unreliable narrator', and his casual revelations are both unexpected and explosive.A masterpiece of early Modernism and a virtuoso performance of literary skill, Ford's 'Tale of Passion' reflects contemporary interests in psychology, sexuality, and the New Woman. Its portrayal of the destruction of a civilized elite anticipates the cataclysm of the First World War, which erupted while Ford was finishing the book. This new edition includes Ford's important essay 'On Impressionism', which sheds valuable light on his artistic technique.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Note on the Text

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Ford Madox Ford

THE GOOD SOLDIER

Dedicatory Letter to Stella Ford

Appendix A: Emendations made to UK first edition for this edition

Appendix B: 'On Impressionism'

Appendix C: A Chronology of the Novel

Explanatory Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-199016-7

0-19-163574-X

OCLC:

958574750