Christopher Tietjens

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Christopher Tietjens is the brilliant, emotionally reserved English civil servant and statistician at the center of Ford Madox Ford’s World War I tetralogy, whose rigid moral code clashes with a changing modern world.

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Christopher Tietjens canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn A Man Could Stand Up—
Last Post
No More Parades
Parade's End
linked to: Parade’s End

Some Do Not...
associatedWith Groby estate
linked to: Groby Old Hall
brother Mark Tietjens
closeTo Valentine Wannop
conflictWith Sylvia Tietjens
createdBy Ford Madox Ford
createdIn United Kingdom
familyBackground Yorkshire gentry
linked to: British aristocracy
firstAppearance Some Do Not...
gender male
hasPerspective upper-class Englishman during World War I
hasTrait brilliant
emotionally reserved
honour-bound
intellectually conservative
morally rigid
knownFor mathematical ability
resistance to social change
strong sense of duty
languageOfWork English
literaryAdaptation Parade's End (2012 TV series)
linked to: Parade’s End
literaryMovement modernism
loveInterest Valentine Wannop
narrativeRole protagonist
nationality English
occupation civil servant
statistician
participatesIn Western Front
partOf Parade's End tetralogy
linked to: Parade’s End
portrayedBy Benedict Cumberbatch
rank officer
servesIn British Army
setInCountry United Kingdom
setInPeriod World War I
spouse Sylvia Tietjens
themeIn clash between tradition and modernity
marital conflict
psychological impact of World War I

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Parade’s End characterPortrayed Christopher Tietjens
Some Do Not... mainCharacter Christopher Tietjens
No More Parades mainCharacter Christopher Tietjens
A Man Could Stand Up— mainCharacter Christopher Tietjens
Last Post featuresCharacter Christopher Tietjens