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In those days thought, in families, went in periods of thirty years, owner gravely consulting heir who should see that development of light and shade that the owner never would.

Last Post by Ford Madox Ford

December 29, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Well, I saved the last for last. This is my final post for the year. This book is both a drag and a bummer, and falls prey to on the one hand, good writing, but on the other hand unoriginal misogyny (a tidy virgin/whore duology) and cliched anger at women during wartime. So I should tell, and it probably shows, that I am deeply cynical when it comes to things like patriotism, most wars, and the kind of trite and common understandings and tropes associated […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ford madox ford, the last post

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:729 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ford madox ford, the last post ·
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There would be no one but she who could not remember that.

A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Madox Ford

December 25, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is among the most transitional novels I have ever read. It’s so clearly the third of a series of four novels that it almost doesn’t make any sense on its own (and I’ve read the first two) and it’s almost confusing within the context of the whole series two because it has so little connection to the ways in which a novel is told. It’s almost like it couldn’t even muster enough edges and borders to be anything other than the middle chapters of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a man could stand up, ford madox ford

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:722 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a man could stand up, ford madox ford ·
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The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it.

Some Do Not by Ford Madox Ford

No More Parades by Ford Madox Ford

July 12, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Cbr11Bingo – Classics Some Do Not This is the opening novel of the Ford Madox Ford tetralogy, Parade’s End. I imagine he’s as well-known for this novel as his other major work The Good Soldier, but this definitely feels like the culminating work. For one thing, the four novels together are over 800 pages, and while The Good Soldier is a very good novel, this feels like a much more sweeping statement on the world. The lead character is statistician and war officer, Christopher Tietjens, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, classics, ford madox ford, no more parades, parade's end, some do not, TBR

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:400 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, classics, ford madox ford, no more parades, parade's end, some do not, TBR ·
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