A Man Could Stand Up: --a NovelThe third part of Ford's great novel of WWI, the Tietjens family, and the degrading of English society, "Parade's End." The title refers to an imagined time when a man could literally stand up, instead of living in a trench. Or figuratively stand for a strict set of values and conduct which society no longer recognizes. |
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