The Good Soldier Contributor(s): Ford, Ford Madox (Author), Haslam, Sara (Introduction by), Haslam, Sara (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 1840226536 ISBN-13: 9781840226539 Publisher: Wordsworth Editions OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1040 |
Series: Wordsworth Classics |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.30 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With an Introduction and Notes by Sara Haslam, Department of English, The Open University. The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction, an inspiration for many later, distinguished writers, including Graham Greene. Set before the First World War, it tells the tale of two wealthy and sophisticated couples, one English, one American, as they travel, socialise, and take the waters in the spa towns of Europe. They are 'playing the game', in style. That game has begun to unravel, however, and with compelling attention to the comic, as well as the tragic, results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues and emotional betrayals that lie behind its fa ade. |