Memories and impressions

ford madox ford

As a child, 'Fordie' frequently heard loud arguments between William Morris, Rossetti and the other Pre-Raphaelites; he was well used to finding Swinburne dead drunk in the bath; he say on Turgenev's knee and offered a chair for Tolstoy. As a young writer he was companion to Henry James; contorted to Crane; collaborator with Conrad; friend and then enemy of H.G. Wells. Fattish and fiftyish, he was universal uncle to 'the arts'; patron of Ezra Pound; first guide of D.H. Lawrence; employer of Ernest Hemingway. Later still be turned, like Horace, to his garden, living off his own shareholding in Provence and preaching the holocaust to come.

This book is an engaging collection of essays, anecdotes and autobiographical passages taken from various of his works. Arranged chronologically, they create a fascinating picture of his life in England, France and America, and an intimate glimpse into the lives of many of the literary giants of the century.

Genres memoirliterature

467 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1,1969

This edition

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1971 by The Bodley Head
ISBN: 9780370013763
ASIN: 037001376X
Language: English

About the author

ford madox ford

Ford Madox Ford was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were important in the development of early 20th-century English and American literature.

Ford is now remembered for his novels The Good Soldier (1915), the Parade's End tetralogy (1924–1928) and The Fifth Queen trilogy (1906–1908). The Good Soldier is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer′s "100 Greatest Novels of All Time", and The Guardian′s "1000 novels everyone must read".