Parade's End

by Ford Madox Ford Narrated by Steven Crossley

Overview

Ford Madox Ford's tetralogy set in England during World War I is widely considered one of the best novels of the twentieth century.
**** First published as four separate novels (Some Do Not..., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post) between 1924 and 1928, Parade's End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of war.
**** Christopher Tietjens is an officer from a wealthy family who finds himself torn between his unfaithful socialite wife, Sylvia, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. A profound portrait of one man's internal struggles during a time of brutal world conflict, Parade's End bears out Graham Greene's prediction that “there is no novelist of this century more likely to live than Ford Madox Ford.”

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade’s End is one of them.” —W. H. Auden

Library Journal

11/01/2013
Four novels, published from 1924 to 1928, about an Englishman's world both at home and as an army officer. Stylistically, not an easy read. A general audience may be more drawn to the HBO five-part series, now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

NOVEMBER 2012 - AudioFile

Ford’s four connected works, a neglected and sometimes problematic classic, track the blighted life of brilliant, aristocratic, and tremendously “old school” Christopher Tietjens before, during, and after WWI. Steven Crossley’s British-accented voice is rich and endlessly listenable. He keeps characters’ voices distinct and provides an array of accents differing by class and region. Rather than just reading, he performs a single-handed drama. His excellent pacing, subtle variation of intonation patterns, and sensitivity to the text seem natural and effortless. He enlivens the novels’ long interior monologues with variations of tone and emphasis that also interpret the characters’ thoughts and feelings, rendering them more vivid and comprehensible than most readers could on their own. Listening to Crossley read PARADE’S END is, in many ways, better than reading it oneself. W.M. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170973972
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	08/07/2012
Edition description:	Unabridged

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