The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
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The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique pioneered by Ford. It also makes use of the device of the unreliable narrator, as the main character gradually reveals a version of events that is quite different from what the introduction leads you to believe. The novel was loosely based on two incidents of adultery and on Ford's messy personal life.” (Summary by Wikipedia)
Music in sections 1-5 "Minuet in G flat major and Valse Bluette" by Beethoven. (7 hr 39 min)
Chapters
01 - Part 1, Section 1 | 17:11 | Read by Richard Grove |
02 - Part 1, Section 2 | 15:24 | Read by Richard Grove |
03 - Part 1, Section 3 | 25:08 | Read by Richard Grove |
04 - Part 1, Section 4 | 22:24 | Read by Richard Grove |
05 - Part 1, Section 5 | 37:35 | Read by Richard Grove |
06 - Part 1, Section 6 | 16:18 | Read by John W. Michaels |
07 - Part 2, Section 1 | 36:54 | Read by Floyd Wilde |
08 - Part 2, Section 2 | 9:30 | Read by Floyd Wilde |
09 - Part 3, Section 1a | 18:03 | Read by Denise Lacey |
10 - Part 3, Section 1b | 20:26 | Read by John W. Michaels |
11 - Part 3, Section 2 | 19:35 | Read by Martina Hutchins |
12 - Part 3, Section 3 | 32:56 | Read by Martina Hutchins |
13 - Part 3, Section 4a | 24:47 | Read by John W. Michaels |
14 - Part 3, Section 4b | 31:51 | Read by John W. Michaels |
15 - Part 4, Section 1 | 21:44 | Read by Floyd Wilde |
16 - Part 4, Section 2 | 37:50 | Read by John W. Michaels |
17 - Part 4, Section 3 | 23:18 | Read by JimOCR |
18 - Part 4, Section 4 | 10:41 | Read by JimOCR |
19 - Part 4, Section 5 | 16:32 | Read by mailman61953 |
20 - Part 4, Section 6 | 21:28 | Read by mailman61953 |
Reviews
what a mess
isabella
A bit of a mishmash: constantly changing - not all particularly gifted - readers, very few of whom know how to pronounce any, even slightly, unusual words, including the names of the principal characters. One has spliced in any phrase containing the word ‘Nauheim’ - which is positively comical. It is an awful book but, even so, really does need re-recording.
A LibriVox Listener
The reader of section 6, 10, 13, 14 and 16 has used a poor microphone and the sound quality is terrible. It echoes and is muffled and is hard work to listen too. All the readers did a great job, just a pity about the one microphone. Oh well, it’s free.
Lc
Be forewarned, there are two different people reading this book. It changes hands at Section 1-6. I preferred the first reader.
one reader oer book please
KS
Reader Grove was excellent. Please, more from him.
A LibriVox Listener
The first reader is absolutely perfect.