Parade's End

Name: Parade's End
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241372548
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By Ford Madox Ford

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Parade's End, authored by Ford Madox Ford, is a profound exploration of the social and psychological upheavals brought about by World War I. The narrative follows Christopher Tietjens, an English aristocrat, whose life and values are tested amidst the chaos of war and personal entanglements. This richly detailed story delves into themes of love, honour, and the disintegration of old-world ideals in the face of modernity.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate a richly detailed narrative set against the backdrop of World War I, exploring the complex social and emotional changes of the time. This sweeping epic delves into the personal struggles and transformations of its characters, blending historical drama with intricate character development. It's ideal for those who enjoy profound explorations of love, honour, and society.

Parade's End

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Parade's End, Ford's great masterpiece set in the First World War, is now available in Penguin Black Classics with an introduction by Julian Barnes.

Consisting of four novels - Some Do Not..., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post - Parade's End is the story of Christopher Tietjens and his progress from the secure world of Edwardian England into the First World War and beyond.

Both a portrait of a love triangle - between Tietjens, his beautiful and reckless wife Sylvia, and the suffragette Valentine - and a depiction of life on the Western Front, Parade's End is one of the greatest fictional works of the twentieth century.

Ranging from the drawing rooms of England to the trenches of France, and moving between past and present, it is a haunting exploration of identity, loss, and memory.

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Parade's End is often celebrated as a neglected masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction, likened to an English War and Peace by John Gray. Critics such as Julian Barnes commend Ford’s deep insights, while W. H. Auden considers it one of the few English novels worthy of being called great. Peter Ackroyd acknowledges Ford as the only Englishman standing alongside literary giants like Joyce, Eliot, and Pound.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241372548

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 March 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Introduction by Julian Barnes

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 583g

Pages: 848

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Fiction Ford Madox Ford General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Ford Madox Ford was born Ford Hermann Hueffer in Kent in 1873. In 1915 he published The Good Soldier, and in the same year he enlisted in the army, serving as an infantry officer. Parade's End, the culmination of his experiences during the First World War, was published in four parts between 1924 and 1928. He moved to Paris in 1922 and founded the Transatlantic Review, whose contributors included James Joyce, Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. He died in Deauville, France in 1939.