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Publicada en 1915, y considerada una de las grandes novelas del siglo xx, El buen soldado es una obra donde se aplican de manera revolucionaria y magistral la narración en primera persona y los flashbacks cronologicamente desordenados. En la trama de El buen soldado, ambientada en la epoca inmediatamente anterior a la Primera Guerra Mundial y en la que se abordan el declive y la disolucion de dos matrimonios amigos aparentemente perfectoslos Dowell y los Ashburnham, tienen cabida muchas cosas y todas ellas convulsas y excesivas: ruina, mentiras, amor adultero, escandalo, suicidio y locura. No en vano, el titulo original de la novela iba a ser La historia mas triste, titulo nada gratuito, pues lo que se nos presenta no son sino las cenizas, aun calientes, que han quedado despues del incendio que ha arrasado con todo. A eso que llamamos incendio, otros lo llamarian simplemente vida, una sucesion de derrotas y heridas cada vez mas profundas, una devastacion incontestable en mitad de los fastos y del lujo. La excelencia de la escritura de Ford Madox Ford y el habil uso del narrador no fiable hacen de este libro una obra maestra que merece ser leida y disfrutada con todos los honores, un texto que ha ejercido una notable influencia en escritores posteriores de gran talento, como Graham Greene, y que muchos compa...

'All the world was mad around her and she herself, agonized, took on the complexion of a mad woman; of a woman very wicked.' In 'the saddest story I have ever heard', a naive American abroad unfolds a devastating tale of two seemingly respectable Edwardian marriages destroyed by infidelity and lies.

El buen soldado es una obra donde se aplican de manera revolucionaria y magistral la narración en primera persona y los flashbacks cronológicamente desordenados. Ambientada en la época inmediatamente anterior a la Primera Guerra Mundial y en la que se trata el declive y la disolucion de dos matrimonios amigos aparentemente perfectos, tienen cabida muchas cosas convulsas, excesivas: ruina, mentiras, amor adultero, escandalo, suicidio, locura. Con semejantes ingredientes, el lector podria estar tentado de creer que se encuentra ante un folletin, pero son la excelencia de la escritura de Ford Madox Ford y el habil uso del narrador no fiable los que hacen de este libro una obra maestra que merece ser leida y disfrutada.

En una novela tan breve como El buen soldado, Ford Madox Ford relata dos suicidios, dos vidas arruinadas, una muerte y el descenso a la locura de una joven muchacha. Mediante la historia de pasión protagonizada por los matrimonios Ashburnham y Dowell, se nos muestran las interioridades de lo que se dio en llamar la sociedad internacional y los asuntos crueles y oscuros que la gente bien del periodo de entreguerras intentaba a toda costa mantener ocultos.

Vehementemente elogiada por Graham Greene, esta novela relata la batalla palaciega entre Katherine Howard, quinta esposa del rey Enrique VIII, y el inescrupuloso Thomas Cromwell.

Traducidos por primera vez al castellano, los recuerdos, estampas y retratos contenidos en este libro configuran buena parte de la vida de aquel magnífico escritor que fue Ford Madox Ford. Desde una singular infancia prerrafaelita, por la que deambulan personajes altisonantes como Swinburne y Rossetti o sencillamente entrañables como Turguenev, hasta la epoca de la gran camaraderia del autor con portentos de la pluma como Henry James, Joseph Conrad y William Henry Hudson, Amistades literarias no solo constituye un inmejorable recorrido por la biografia de Ford: tambien traza un llamativo panorama literario y social que entrelaza las ultimas decadas del siglo XIX con las primeras del XX. (coleccion vidas ajenas)

"The Good Soldier" tells the stories of two outwardly happy couples who meet at a health spa in Germany just before the start of the First World War, and whose loveless, adultery-ridden relationships are strained and gradually disintegrate, with tragic consequences. Drawing inspiration from his own personal life, Ford Madox Ford innovatively used non-chronological flashbacks as well as an unreliable narrator to reveal the scandalous affairs, lies and betrayals behind the facade of respectability, and craft a masterly work of fiction and a subtle investigation of the notions of truth and deception.

In the heart of London, where history whispers through cobblestone streets and the River Thames flows like a liquid tapestry, there lies a soul that transcends time. Ford Madox Fords "The Soul of London" is an evocative masterpiece that captures the essence of this vibrant metropolis. Through the eyes of a young American artist, we embark on a literary pilgrimage, exploring the citys hidden corners, its bustling markets, and its enigmatic inhabitants. As we delve into the novels pages, we discover the true spirit of London, a city where dreams collide with reality, and the past and present intertwine in a captivating dance.

First published in 1915, The Good Soldier might be characterised as a melodrama of English upper class infidelities, cut into little pieces, then retold out of sequence by a narrator who occasionally appears to be half asleep. That is not wholly wrong, yet many have seen in this novels beguiling voice, innovative narrative technique, and acute depiction of erotic repression a literary masterpiece. In 2015, the BBC ranked The Good Soldier 13th on its list of the 100 greatest British novels.

The Fifth Queen trilogy is a series of connected historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It consists of three novels, The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court (1906), Privy Seal (1907) and The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908), which present a highly fictionalized account of Katharine Howards marriage to King Henry VIII. (Summary by Wikipedia)

A travel journal of a year the author spent in Germany. With a preface and two additional chapters by her partner, the novelist Ford Madox Ford (here using the surname Hueffer). - Summary by barbara2

Joseph Conrad (1857 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe. Conrad collaborated in some works with Ford Madox Ford. Ford (1873 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. Ford in this memoir quotes extensively from Conrads works and in the audible version it is sometimes difficult to determine where the quotes begin and end.- Summary by David Wales

The Good Soldier tells the stories of two outwardly happy couples who meet at a health spa in Germany just before the start of the First World War, and whose loveless, adultery-ridden relationships are strained and gradually disintegrate, with tragic consequences.Drawing inspiration from his personal life, Ford Madox Ford innovatively used non-chronological flashbacks as well as an unreliable narrator to reveal the scandalous affairs, lies and betrayals behind the façade of respectability, and craft a masterly work of fiction and a subtle investigation of the notions of truth and deception.