No More Parades (1924) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. Set during
the First World War, the novel is the story of Christopher
Tietjens, a brilliant statistician and wealthy aristocrat known as
"the last Tory." As he moves from a faithless marriage into an
affair of his own, eventually volunteering to fight under
dubious-perhaps suicidal-motives, Tietjens appears both symbolic
and tragically human, a casualty of a dying era dedicating its
final breaths to death, despair, and destruction. Adapted for
television twice-a 1964 series starring Ronald Hines and Judi
Dench, as well as a 2012 series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and
Rebecca Hall-Parade's End is essential to Ford's reputation as a
leading novelist of the twentieth century. In the words of W. H.
Auden, "There are not many English novels which deserve to be
called great: Parade's End is one of them." Having gone to war to
leave his troubled romantic life behind him, Christopher Tietjens
is late to realize that the glories of battle are a dangerous
fiction indeed. Now a Captain, he is responsible for thousands of
soldiers on the front lines of France, most of whom were not born
into fortune as he was. As a German assault rains fire on their
vulnerable position, as Tietjens holds a dying comrade in his arms,
as he witnesses the best minds of his generation go mad amid so
much destruction, Tietjens attempts to maintain a shred of his own
fractured humanity. Back at home, his unfaithful wife takes full
advantage of his prolonged absence, but soon longs to draw
Christopher back into her life. Tragic and emotionally piercing, No
More Parade's is a story of romance, war and betrayal that proves a
brilliant sequel to Some Do Not. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ford Madox
Ford's No More Parades is a classic work of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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