The Good Soldier Tapa blanda - 2010

The Good Solider: A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Hueffer (later, Ford Madox Ford) is set just before World War I. The “good solider” of the title is Captain Edward Ashburnman, a retired Indian army veteran, who — along with his wife Leonora — from relationships with two Americans, John and Florence Dowell. The novel follows the unraveling of Ashburman’s and Dowell’s marriages through a series of flashbacks and deals with issues, such as adultery, betrayal, and moral confusion, which often go unmentioned in polite society.

The Good Soldier was originally titled The Saddest Story, a reference to the first line: “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” However, with the onset of the war, the publisher requested a title revision. Ford sarcastically suggested The Good Soldier, as he himself had already enlisted in the war, and the name stuck. Ford left to serve in World War I as an infantry solider later on in 1915, the same year the book was published. The Good Solider is ranked 30th on Modern Library’s list of “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century.

Detalles

• Título The Good Soldier
• Autor Ford Madox Ford; Introduction by Zoe Heller
• Encuadernación Tapa blanda
• Páginas 239
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Vintage Books USA, London
• Fecha de publicación 2010-04-05
• ISBN 9780099540670 / 0099540673
• Peso 0.4 libras (0.18 kg)
• Dimensiones 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 pulgadas (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
• Nivel de lectura 1040
• Temas
  • Cultural Region: Central Europe
  • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Topical: Country/Cowboy
  • Topical: Family
• Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Friendship
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2011380190
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC