The Good Soldier
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The Good Soldier is a 1915 modernist novel by Ford Madox Ford, renowned for its innovative unreliable narration and exploration of moral decay within upper-class society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Good Soldier canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | television adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Ford Madox Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
considered a classic of 20th-century literature
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renowned for innovative use of unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| influenceOn | development of modernist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | novel-length work ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Edward Ashburnham
NERFINISHED
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Florence Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonora Ashburnham NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Rufford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narration ⓘ |
| narrator | John Dowell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSetting |
England
NERFINISHED
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ spa town of Nauheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingLine | "This is the saddest story I have ever heard." ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Saddest Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySetting | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1915 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingBefore | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure |
fragmented chronology
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotional instability
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extramarital affairs ⓘ upper-class British and American society ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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class and society ⓘ deception ⓘ illusion versus reality ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ moral decay ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| titleChangeReason | changed at publisher's request during World War I ⓘ |
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