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2 unusual facts about The Good Soldier


The Good Soldier

Edward receives a telegram from Nancy that reads, “Safe Brindisi. Having a rattling good time. Nancy.”

Dowell explains that for nine years he, his wife Florence and their friends Captain Edward Ashburnham (the “good soldier” of the book’s title) and his wife Leonora had an ostensibly normal friendship while Edward and Florence sought treatment for their heart ailments at a spa in Nauheim, Germany.



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