Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life Work

by Ford Madox Ford

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459 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1896

About the author

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".

Reviews

[Deborah Siddoway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being written by the grandson of the artist, this was always going to be a santised version of the life of Madox Brown. Even with this in mind, the author explores the life of the artist in great detail, although is frustratingly quiet on some of the subjects of greater interest to those more interested in his life rather than his art. There is very little focus on aspects on his life, with the focus very much on the ouevre of the artist.

I gleaned some information from the book, and found it a useful starting point, but if you want to understand more about Madox Brown and the women in his life, there are other books out there which will better meet this purpose, particularly Angela Thirlwell's excellent book.