TM/AM "Le Bon Soldat", [1916 or later]

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 22

Scope and Contents

Fragmentary draft of the French translation of "The Good Soldier". Portions of the text include Chapters I-V. On last page is inscribed: "This is a specimen of the adaptation into French of the "Good Soldier" that I made in the line during and after the 1st battle of the Somme, July to Sept. 1916--For Francis [Cheny} with gratitude--from Ford Madox Ford, Clarksvill, Tenn., 4 July '27." Although Harvey (p.46) cites a remark made in "Return to Yesteryear" (p.410) that Ford had begun a French translation of the novel in 1916. The two typed leaves of the text appear on the verso of the letterhead stationary of "The Transatlantic Review", indication a later transcription of composition. 2 leaves typescript, 36 leaves in Ford's hand.

Dates

[1916 or later]

Creator

From the Collection: Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939. (Person)
From the Collection: Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. (Person)
From the Collection: Bowen, Stella. (Person)
From the Collection: Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893. (Person)
From the Collection: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. (Person)
From the Collection: Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. (Person)
From the Collection: Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. (Person)
From the Collection: Greenslet, Ferris, 1875-1959. (Person)
From the Collection: Hueffer, Elsie Martindale, 1876-1949. (Person)
From the Collection: Hueffer, Katharine Lamb. (Person)
From the Collection: Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942. (Person)
From the Collection: James, Henry, 1843-1916. (Person)
From the Collection: Loewe, Julia Madox. (Person)
From the Collection: Mizener, Arthur. (Person)
From the Collection: Munson. (Person)
From the Collection: Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. (Person)
From the Collection: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. (Person)
From the Collection: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. (Person)
From the Collection: Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979. (Person)
From the Collection: Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. (Person)
From the Collection: Tate, Allen, 1899-1979. (Person)
From the Collection: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. (Person)
From the Collection: Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. (Person)
From the Collection: West, Rebecca, 1892-1983. (Person)
From the Collection: Harvey, David D., 1931-1990. (Title of work: Ford Madox Ford, 1873-1939, a bibliography of works and criticism..) (Person)
From the Collection: Joyce, James, 1882-1941. (Title of work: Finnegans Wake..) (Person)
From the Collection: Mizener, Arthur. (Title of work: Saddest story..) (Person)
From the Collection: George Allen & Unwin (Organization)
From the Collection: Victor Gollancz Ltd. (Organization)
From the Collection: J.B. Lippincott Company (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

37.8 cubic feet. (37.8 cubic feet.)

3 mapcase folders. (3 mapcase folders.)

Additional Description

Physical Description

36 leaves + 1 envelope

Physical Storage Information

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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