When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham, they appear to be the perfect couple. (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed).
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.
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.
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.
He is a distinguished Soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent.
When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham, they appear to be the perfect couple
