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Parade's End is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), first published from 1924 to 1928, public domain. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is...
A Tale of Passion,” as its subtitle declares, “The Good Soldier” relates the complex social and sexual relationships between two couples, one English, one American, and the growing awareness by the American narrator John Dowell of the intrigues and passions behind their...
'This is the saddest story I have ever heard.' Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends over the years and gradually...
'A tour de force of writing and intelligence' A.S. ByattDiscover one of the greatest first world war novels.Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the pair are held apart by Christopher's loyalty to his wife Sylvia, and to a...
The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question everything he holds dear – social order, morality, marriage and loyalty. And it...
A brilliant and heart-rending evocation of destructive passion.When John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be the perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the...
The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, and Leonora his perfect wife, but beneath the surface their marriage seethes with...
Ford Madox Ford's great masterpiece exploring love and identity during the First World War, in a Penguin Classics edition with an introduction by Julian Barnes. A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat...
Le soldat Edward Ashburnham a tout l'air d'un gentleman, et Leonora d'une parfaite épouse. Mais les apparences sont trompeuses... Un classique introuvable de la littérature britannique, le meilleur roman depuis Henry James" selon Graham Green." John et Florence Dowell,...
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