The Good Soldier
Published on 1. July 2013
192 pages
978-1-84870-076-5 (ISBN)
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 facade.
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 facade.
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English
Place of publication
Herts
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
File size
0,65 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84870-076-5 (9781848700765)
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Content
- Intro
- General Introduction
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- The Good Soldier
- Dedicatory Letter to Stella Ford [2]
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Notes to the Text
