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Parade's End

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 3, 2012 - Fiction - 761 pages
This monumental novel, divided into four separate books, celebrates the end of an era, the irrevocable destruction of the comfortable, predictable society that vanished during World War I.


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Demanding, beautiful writing. - Goodreads
The writing is often extremely funny. - Goodreads
The writing reminds me of Jane Austen's all the time. - Goodreads

Review: Parade's End (Parade's End #1-4)

User Review  - Diane - Goodreads

I got through listening to 2 of the 4 parts, and just couldn't continue. It doesn't speak wonderful literature to me, although it's probably because I don't understand the references to the hereditary issues and military matters of the time. Read full review

Review: Parade's End (Parade's End #1-4)

User Review  - Leon - Goodreads

Originally Published: 1924-28 With his acclaimed masterpiece Parade's End, Ford Madox Ford set himself a work of immense scale and ambition: "I wanted the Novelist in fact to appear in his really ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), was born in England. Author of The Good Soldier, Parade’s End, and The Fifth Queen, he is also remembered for founding two influential literary journals and championing many of the leading modernist writers of the day.

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