Bøker av Ford Madox Ford

A story which traces the history of a house and a family at the time of World War I. This is a picture of Edwardian England at its most opulent. Exploring the themes of love, honour and betrayal, this contemporary of Henry James and Joseph Conrad shows himself their equal in literary skill.

A fascinating study of the English national character, examining its history, literature, and social structure. Ideal for readers interested in sociology and cultural anthropology.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This novel tells the story of Tarr, a bohemian artist living in Paris, and his relationships with two women, one English and one French. Through vivid descriptions of life in the Parisian art world and the English countryside, the book explores themes of love, identity, and artistic expression. Ford's modernist sensibility, his skillful use of language, and his psychological insight make this a must-read for anyone interested in the literature of the early 20th century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Explore the beauty and mystery of the natural world with this collection of poems from modernist writer Ford Madox Ford. Originally published in 1929, this book is a tribute to the power and majesty of the stars, the moon, and the night sky. Accompanied by stunning illustrations by contemporary artists, these poems are a feast for the senses and a celebration of the beauty of the world around us.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides an insightful analysis of the paintings and poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a leading figure in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The author, Ford Madox Ford, was a prominent writer and editor in his own right, and his close relationship with Rossetti gives his observations a special significance.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A comprehensive collection of romantic works by two literary giants of the early 20th century. This volume includes Conrad's acclaimed novella 'Heart of Darkness', as well as several other stories and essays by both authors.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A comprehensive collection of poems by one of the most innovative and influential writers of the early 20th century, this book showcases Ford's striking range of styles and subjects, from classic forms to experimental free verse, and from love poetry to war poetry. With an introduction by the editor and extensive notes on each poem, it offers a unique window into Ford's poetic vision and his place in literary history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This novel portrays the complicated relationships among England, France, and Germany during the years leading up to World War I. The story is told from the perspective of various characters from each country, highlighting the cultural differences and tensions that existed between them. Through vivid descriptions and insightful commentary, Ford Madox Ford weaves a compelling and thought-provoking narrative.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

""Homage to Catalonia"" is George Orwell's riveting account ofhis experiences in the Spanish Civil War, but don't expect anysunbathing on the beaches of Barcelona! This is no ordinarytravel memoir. Orwell, better known for sending chills down ourspines with '1984', now takes us on a different kind of journey -one where bullets replace postcards and comradeship is the onlysouvenir worth bringing back. Dive into the heart of politicalturmoil, where Orwell's wit meets the gritty reality of war, anddiscover a side of Spain that no tourist brochure will ever showyou. Get ready for a holiday from your typical history book - thisone comes with a side of revolution!

A Man Could Stand Up¿ opens on Armistice Day, with Valentine Wannop learning that her love, Christopher Tietjens, has returned to London from the front. As she prepares to meet him, the narrative suddenly shifts time and place to earlier in the year, with Tietjens commanding a group of soldiers in a trench somewhere in the war zone. Tietjens leads his company bravely as they shelter from the constant German strafes, before the narrative again jumps to conclude with an actual Armistice Day celebration.In this simple narrative Ford creates dense, complex character studies of Valentine and Tietjens. Tietjens, often called ¿the last Tory¿ for his staunch and unwavering approach to honor, duty, and fidelity, has changed greatly from the man he was in the previous installments in the series. Ford explores the psychological horror that the Great War inflicted on its combatants through the lens of Valentine¿s gentle curiosity about Tietjen¿s time on the front: men returned from battle injured not just in body, but in soul, too. The constant, unrelenting shelling, the endless strafes, the clouds of poison gas, the instant death of friends and comrades for no reason at all, the muddy and grim entrenchments where men lived and died¿all of these permanently changed soldiers in ways that previous wars didn¿t. Now the ¿last Tory¿ wants nothing more than to retreat from society and live a quiet life with the woman he loves¿who is not his wife.As we follow Valentine and Tietjens through the last day of the war, we see how the Great War was not just the destruction of men, but of an entire era.

Some Do Not ¿ opens at the cusp of World War I. Christopher Tietjens, a government statistician, and his friend Vincent Macmaster, an aspiring literary critic, are visiting the English countryside. Tietjens, preoccupied with his disastrous marriage, meets Valentine Wannop, a suffragette, during a round of golf. As their love story develops, the novel explores the horrors of the war without the narrative ever entering the battlefield.The characters are complex and nuanced. Tietjens is an old-fashioned man even by the standards of his day; he¿s concerned with honor and doing the right thing, but he lives in a society that only pays those values lip service. Yet he himself isn¿t free of a thread of hypocrisy: he won¿t leave his deeply unhappy marriage because that would be the wrong way to act, but the reader is left wondering if he tolerates his situation simply because he married up in class. He wants to do to the noble and right thing, but does that mean going to war?The men and women around him each have their individual motivations, and they are often conniving and unlikable in their aspirations even as the propaganda of England at war paints the country as a moral and heroic one. The delicate interplay of each character¿s subtleties paints a rich portrait of 1920s English society, as the romantic ideals of right and wrong clash with notions of ambition and practicality.The prose is unapologetically modernist: unannounced time shifts combine with a stream-of-consciousness style that can often be dense. Yet Ford¿s portrayal of shell shock, the politics of women in the 1920s, and the moral greyness of wartime is groundbreaking. The book, and its complete tetralogy¿called Parade¿s End¿has garnered praise from critics and authors alike, with Anthony Burgess calling it ¿the finest novel about the First World War¿ and William Carlos Williams stating that the novels ¿constitute the English prose masterpiece of their time.¿

No More Parades is the second in Ford Madox Ford¿s Parade¿s End series. The book, released just a few years after the close of the war, is based on Ford¿s combat experiences as an enlisted man in World War I, and continues the story first begun in Some Do Not ¿.Christopher Tietjens, after recovering from the shell shock he suffered in Some Do Not ¿, has returned to the edge of the war as a commanding officer in charge of preparing draft troops for deployment to the front. As the ¿last true Tory,¿ Tietjens demonstrates talent bordering on genius as he struggles against the laziness, incompetence, and confusion of the army around him¿but his troubles only begin when his self-centered and scandalous wife Sylvia appears at his base in Rouen for a surprise visit.Unlike Some Do Not ¿, which was told in a highly modernist series of flash-backs and flash-forwards, Parade¿s End is a much more straightforward narrative. Despite this, the characters continue to be realized in an incredibly complex and nuanced way. Tietjens, almost a caricature of the stiff, honorable English gentleman, stoically absorbs the problems and suffering of those around him. Ford simultaneously paints him as an almost Christlike character and an immature, idealistic schoolboy, eager to keep up appearances despite the ruination it causes the people around him. Sylvia, his wife, has had her affairs and scandals, and is clearly a selfish and trying personality; but her powerful charm, and her frustration with both her almost comically stiff-lipped husband and the war¿s interruption of civilization, lends her a not-unsympathetic air. The supporting cast of conscripts and officers is equally well-realized, with each one protraying a separate aspect of war¿s effect on regular, scared people simply doing their best.The novel was extremely well-reviewed in its time, and it and the series it¿s a part of remain one of the most important novels written about World War I.

Esta es la historia más triste que jamás he oído. Habíamos tratado a los Ashburnham durante nueve temporadas en la ciudad de Nauheim con gran intimidad¿, O, más bien, habíamos mantenido con ellos unas relaciones tan flexibles y tan cómodas y sin embargo tan íntimas como las de un guante de buena calidad con la mano que protege. Mi mujer y yo conocíamos al capitán Ashburnham y a su señora todo lo bien que es posible conocer a alguien, pero, por otra parte, no sabíamos nada en absoluto acerca de ellos. Se trata, creo yo, de una situación que sólo es posible con ingleses sobre quienes, incluso en el día de hoy, cuando me paro a dilucidar lo que sé de esta triste historia, descubro que vivía en la más completa ignorancia. Hasta hace seis meses no había pisado nunca Inglaterra y, ciertamente, nunca había sondeado las profundidades de un corazón inglés. No había pasado de sus aspectos más superficiales. No quiero decir con eso que no conociéramos a muchos ingleses. Viviendo, como nos veíamos obligados a hacerlo, en Europa, y siendo, como nos veíamos obligados a serlo, americanos ociosos, lo cual equivale a decir que éramos muy poco americanos, no nos quedaba otro remedio que frecuentar la compañía de los ingleses de clase alta. Porque París era nuestro hogar, algún sitio comprendido entre los límites de Niza y Bordighera nos proporcionaba cuarteles de invierno todos los años, y Nauheim siempre nos recibía desde julio hasta septiembre. Deducirá usted de estas afirmaciones que uno de los dos estaba, como suele decirse, «delicado del corazón», y, cuando le diga que mi esposa ha muerto, comprenderá que era ella la enferma.