How Long to Read The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition"

How Long Does it Take to Read The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition"?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition" by Ford Madox Ford

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham, they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the surface of their marriage is far more sinister and their influence leads John into a tragic drama that threatens to destroy everything he cares about.It is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, the soldier to whom the title refers, and his seemingly perfect marriage plus that of his two American friends. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique that formed part of Ford's pioneering view of literary impressionism. Ford employs the device of the unreliable narrator to great effect as the main character gradually reveals a version of events that is quite different from what the introduction leads the reader to believe. The novel was loosely based on two incidents of adultery and on Ford's messy personal life.The novel's original title was The Saddest Story, but after the onset of World War I the publishers asked Ford for a new title. Ford suggested (sarcastically) The Good Soldier, and the name stuck.Ford Madox Ford wrote The Good Soldier, the book on which his reputation most surely rests, in deliberate emulation of the nineteenth-century French novels he so admired. In this way he was able to explore the theme of sexual betrayal and its poisonous after-effects with a psychological intimacy as yet unknown in the English novel.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Good Soldier 30th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2015 the BBC ranked The Good Soldier 13th on its list of the 100 greatest British novels.

How long is The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition"?

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition" by Ford Madox Ford is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition" Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition" aloud.

What Reading Level is The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition"?

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford "Complete Unabridged & Annotated Edition" is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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