Review: The Good Soldier
Editorial Review - Kirkus ReviewsA re-issue of the novel Ford Madox Ford considered his finest work, with an introductory interpretation by Mark Schorer. There will again be critical notice rather than easy sales. The novel originally appeared in 1914.
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - GoodreadsSometimes the prose is delightful, but the sexism so unbearable that it's impossible to enjoy a book. It just comes off as at once boorish and insipid, which is something of a trick. But I hear Parade ...
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - GoodreadsFord Madox Ford saw this novel as his masterpiece, and it is no surprise that everyone else sees it this way also - including me. My experience of this is the same as I felt when I first encountered ...
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - Bonnie - Goodreads”This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” So begins the 1915 novel by Ford Maddox Ford, a book that even he, ten years after its publication, was surprised by the combined intricacies of voice ... Read full review
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - GoodreadsThis book was so tied to the period about which it was written that - while I loved it - I'm still not too sure how I feel about the actual story. Beautifully written, and told just as it would be if ...
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - yuuyh - aNobiiFrom time to time, I would encounter a book that reminds me of Ford's Good Soldier, and when I check, yes, The Good Soldier is among that author's favorites! The Good Soldier is definitely a cool ... Read full review
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - GoodreadsSo, it's the 1910's, and two married couples become inseparable friends when they meet in a sanatorium in Germany. Florence and John Dowell are from the States and they're stuck in Europe because ...
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - Guy Howard - GoodreadsFord has been said to have more fans than readers. Well, I struggled with this novel over the Christmas period and, as a result, may now be said to have closed that gap by one. This is an ambiguous ... Read full review
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User Review - Alexander - GoodreadsThink of the digressive, mini-infodumps that double-stitch "traditional," story-driven fiction. Flashbacks that flesh out a relationship, nuggets of raw exposition that bring us up to speed with the ... Read full review
Review: The Good Soldier
User Review - [P] - GoodreadsHello everybody, my name is [P] and I am a smoker. Ah, it feels good to make that admission. I'm meant to be an ex-smoker, of course. I have, in truth, been attempting to give up for about three years ... Read full review
