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About Parade’s End. Ford Madox Ford’s acclaimed masterpiece is widely considered one of the best novels of the twentieth century. Parade’s End was originally published in four parts (Some Do Not. . ., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up–, and Last Post) between 1924 and 1928. It explores the world of the English ruling class as it ...
Parade’s End is the name given to a tetralogy of novels written by the English author Ford Maddox Ford between 1924 and 1928. It takes place shortly before, during, and after the First World War. Ford intended the novels to be read together as one large work.
Feb 26, 2013 · Parade's End is a commentary on society, on the careless viciousness of rumors and gossip, of the effects of war (Tietjens suffers from shell shock), of complicated family relations and of a ...
Mar 7, 2019 · A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the First World War. Tracing the psychological damage inflicted by battle, the collapse of England's secure Edwardian values - embodied in Christopher's wife, the beautiful, cruel socialite Sylvia ...
In August-September 2012, the BBC screened Tom Stoppard’s five-part adaptation of Parade’s End, directed by Susanna White. Its stellar cast included Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Roger Allam, and Stephen Graham. A DVD of the series has been released, the soundtrack ...
Books. Parade's End. Ford Madox Ford. Penguin, 2001 - Fiction - 836 pages. In creating his acclaimed masterpiece Parade's End, Ford Madox Ford "wanted the Novelist in fact to appear in his really proud position as historian of his own time . . . The 'subject' was the world as it culminated in the war." Published in four parts between 1924 and ...
Feb 25, 2013 · A review of “Parade’s End”, a HBO drama series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall, that explores the turbulent lives of an aristocratic couple in the early 20th century.
