A Man Could Stand Up--: (Parade's End, Part 3)

"A Man Could Stand Up —" is the third novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regarded sequence of four novels known collectively as "Parade's End". It was first published in 1926.

This edition is the climax of the series, though it is volume 3. It opens on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in Valentine Wannop's school, and the three chapters which make up the first Part are punctuated by fireworks exploding and the celebrations taking place in the surrounding streets. Valentine is on the telepho...