The Good Soldier (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ford Madox Hueffer
- First Published: 1915
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, England or English people, Adultery, Ethics, Truthfulness and falsehood, Health, Soldiers, Germany or German people, Heart attack or disease
- Locales: France, Connecticut, Philadelphia, PA, England, Germany
Places Discussed
Branshaw Teleragh. Edward Ashburnham’s English country estate. The physical manifestation of the glory of the English gentry, the upper class of England, has been, for centuries, the country house surrounded by acres of woods and working farm land. In the lush countryside of Hampshire, southeast of London, John Dowell lives in the dream house of his deceased wife, Florence. She never lived there, not because the couple were not wealthy enough, but because she had been living a life of lies, and adding to them, until eventually she thought that suicide was her...
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