The Good Soldier


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(3.9 stars; 21 reviews)

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


(2 stars)

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.


(1.5 stars)

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.


(3 stars)

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


(4 stars)

Reader Grove was excellent. Please, more from him.


(5 stars)

The first reader is absolutely perfect.