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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

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The Good Soldier
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Publisher: The Bodley Head
ISBN/ASIN: 143462580X
ISBN-13: 9781434625809
Number of pages: 262

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Handsome, wealthy, and a veteran of service in India, Captain Edward Ashburnham appears to be the ideal "good soldier" and the embodiment of English upper-class virtues. But for his creator, Ford Madox Ford, he also represents the corruption at society's core.

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