The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Collins Classics)

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Just before the First World War, two young couples meet in Germany. The seemingly perfect yet brittle relationship of the Ashburnhams soon gives way to unhappiness and betrayal, and respectability to adultery and deception. The Dowells are no less affected by infidelity, and everyone caught up in their four lives is tainted by emotional turmoil and moral ambiguity, and tragic consequences follow.

Inspired by his own life, Ford Madox Ford's novel, originally titled The Saddest Story', utilised the device of the unreliable narrator to tell his universal story of love and loss.

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A searing study of moral dissolution behind the facade of an English gentlemanits stylistic influence lingers to this day The Guardian

Intriguing, shocking and original The Times

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Ford Madox Ford (18731939), born Ford Hermann Hueffer, was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. He is now remembered best for his publications The Good Soldier, the Parade's End tetralogy and The Fifth Queen trilogy.