{"product_id":"the-good-soldier-9781513290768","title":"The Good Soldier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e (1915) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set just before the First World War, the novel is superficially the story of Edward Asburnham, a man with a reputation for philandering. Considered an important proto-modernist novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e employs a fragmented narrative told by an unreliable narrator who appears at times as distant, gossipy, voyeuristic, and even vindictive. Praised as one of the greatest English-language novels of the century, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e remains Ford's most popular work. John Dowell has secrets. Married for nine years to a serially unfaithful woman, friends with a man who falls in love at first sight with every woman he meets, he lives an exciting life without ever doing much himself. As he sorts through his memories, revealing the sordid details of his loved ones' private lives, it becomes clear that Dowell is haunted by tragedy. His psychological state, shaped by years of jealousy and paranoia, reveals the soul of a man without faith, thrown from one betrayal to the next by his manipulative wife. But how could he fail to see what was right under his nose? Can a man truly be as innocent as Dowell claims to be? \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of English fiction that poses timeless questions regarding friendship, fidelity, and sexuality. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox Ford's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFord, Madox Ford:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Branch Cabell\u003c\/b\u003e (1879-1958) was an American writer of escapist and fantasy fiction. Born into a wealthy family in the state of Virginia, Cabell attended the College of William and Mary, where he graduated in 1898 following a brief personal scandal. His first stories began to be published, launching a productive decade in which Cabell's worked appeared in both \u003ci\u003eHarper's Monthly Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the next forty years, Cabell would go on to publish fifty-two books, many of them novels and short-story collections. A friend, colleague, and inspiration to such writers as Ellen Glasgow, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell is remembered as an iconoclastic pioneer of fantasy literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mint Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51182835761426,"sku":"9781513290768","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51c94500-2305-4ab4-84c8-b86c13fe74b1.jpg?v=1744447833","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-soldier-9781513290768","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}