The Good Soldier

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This is the saddest story I have ever heard… 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. The Good Soldier tells the tale of two wealthy couples, one English, one American, as they travel, socialise, and take the waters in the spa towns of Europe. With compelling attention to the comic, as well as the tragic, results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues and emotional betrayals that lie behind its façade.