The End of the Parade. To Each His Own

«The End of the Parade. To Each His Own» — the first novel in the famous tetralogy «The End of the Parade» by Ford Madox Ford — about a strained marriage, passion, and honor on the brink of World War I. Despite his intellectual, brilliant appearance, successful career, and solid inheritance, Christopher Tidgens is a deeply unhappy man. Tormented by his wife's open infidelity and having his own tumultuous affair, Tidgens tries to forget the past by voluntarily going to fight for his country.

The first of four volumes, «To Each His Own», sets in motion a complex web of attachments, passions, and grievances unfolding in an era of profound change. The main conflict of the tetralogy lies in the clash between the old, more «lyrical» Victorian era and the new rational, industrial, harsh world.