Ford's father was a German music critic, Francis Heuffer, and his grandfather was a noted artist and thus, Ford was raised in an artistic environment. He published his first novel at the age of 18, The Shifting of Fire (1892) and collaborated with Joseph Conrad on The Inheritors (1901) and Romance (1903). In 1908, he founded the English Review, which he edited, and published the early works of D. H. Lawrence and works by such eminent authors as Hardy, H. G. Wells, and Henry James. His best novel, The Good Soldier, was published in 1915. Ford was gassed and shell-shocked in the First World War and after that changed his name to Ford from Heuffer. Moving to Paris, he edited the Transatlantic Review in 1924. His other works of note are Some Do Not (1924), No More Parades (1925), A Man Could Stand Up (1926) and The Last Post (1928). Ford also wrote some poetry and critical studies in addition to his novels. |
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