The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
Ford Madox Ford1915
Among the great novels of literary modernism — Ford's most accomplished book, the test case for unreliable narration in English fiction.
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Influence
7.5/10
Popularity
5.5/10
“This is the saddest story I have ever heard.”
Why It Matters
Among the great novels of literary modernism — Ford's most accomplished book, the test case for unreliable narration in English fiction. The novel's deliberate temporal scrambling and its narrator's slow, painful arrival at half-knowledge made it a permanent influence on Faulkner, Greene, and the modern psychological novel.
The 
Take
Personal reviewToo meandering, I get the idea of remembering but didn’t hit for me
Notable Quotes
“I don't know that even now I can pronounce upon it, the morality of the affair.”
“I know nothing — nothing in the world — of the hearts of men.”