Evidence: | 'a fervent young admirer exclaimed: "By Jove, the [underlined] Good Soldier [end underlining] is the finest novel in the English Language!" whereupon my friend Mr John Rodker who has always had a properly tempered admiration for my work remarked in his clear, slow drawl: "Ah yes, it is, but you have left out a word. It is the finest French novel in the English language!"' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 9 Jan 1926 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | John Rodker |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ford Madox Ford |
Title: | Good Soldier, The |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20181 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Ford Madox Ford | |
Editor: | Sondra J. Stang | |
Title: | Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The | |
Place of Publication: | Bloomington | |
Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 290 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The (Bloomington, 1993), p. 290, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20181, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor Karen Cochran. The quotation is taken from Ford's dedicatory epistle for a new edition, to Stella Bowen. |
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