An unreliable narrator slowly unravels the adulteries and quiet deceptions behind two seemingly proper Edwardian couples.
Books mentioned in The Good Soldier (3)
Table Talk by Martin Luther: “reading books like Ranke's History of the Popes, Symonds' Renaissance, Motley's Rise of the Dutch Republic and Luther's Table Talk.”
History of the Popes by Leopold von Ranke: “reading books like Ranke's History of the Popes ... and Luther's Table Talk.”
The Chronicles of Froissart by Jean Froissart: “he would pass hours reading one of Scott's novels or the Chronicles of Froissart.”