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Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford

Length
7 h 40 min
Chapters
20
Language
English
First published
1915

The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique pioneered by Ford. It also makes use of the device of the unreliable narrator, as the main character gradually reveals a version of events that is quite different from what the introduction leads you to believe. The novel was loosely based on two incidents of adultery and on Ford's messy personal life.” (Summary by Wikipedia)

Music in sections 1-5 "Minuet in G flat major and Valse Bluette" by Beethoven.

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