A Man Could Stand Up

The third volume of Parade's End--one of the outstanding works about World War I and British society before, during, and after that cataclysm--this novel focuses on Valentine Wannop in London and on Christopher Tietjens at War, concluding the narrative on Armistice Day. Making a dramatic comment on pre-war life and morality, this is a perceptive exploration of time, history, and sexuality. This first-ever critical edition is fully annotated and includes a new introduction by a leading expert on Ford Madox Ford.

Ford Madox Ford was an influential editor, essayist, critic, poet, and novelist. The author of more than 80 books, including The Fifth Queen, The Good Soldier, It Was the Nightingale, and Provence, he not only collaborated with Joseph Conrad, but also befriended many of the best writers of his time: Henry James, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, and Thomas Hardy. Ford also founded the English Review—discovering D. H. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, and Ezra Pound—and the transatlantic review in Paris—taking on Ernest Hemingway as a subeditor and publishing the works of James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Sara Haslam is a lecturer in English at Open University and a founding member and Chair the Ford Madox Ford Society.