The Good Soldier
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The Good Soldier

by Ford Madox Ford

1915•Drama•198 pages

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipself destruction/implosiontroubled leads

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Boxlist takeRealistic and inventive: a moving novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy - or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove's with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaRomanceComplex relationshipSelf destruction/implosionTroubled leads

Subjects

Married peopleFriendshipGermanyAdulteryBritishMiddle classAulterySocial life and customs

Details

Author
Ford Madox Ford
Published
1915
Pages
198
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