I couldn't regard myself as personally repulsive. No man can, or, if he ever comes to do so, that is the end of him.' -Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier is a 1915 novel whose narrator, John Dowell, tells the story in a series of out-of-order flashbacks, seen through the lens of his perceptions. A pioneering Modernist work, The Good Soldier is often cited as one of the greatest books of the 20th century (coming in 30th in the Modern Library's Top 100 list). The novel hinges on Dowell's unreliability and the murkiness of the events presented, so whether the line is actually honest at all is not entirely clear.