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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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn A Man Could Stand Up— NERFINISHED
Last Post NERFINISHED
No More Parades NERFINISHED
Parade's End NERFINISHED
Some Do Not... NERFINISHED
associatedWith Groby estate NERFINISHED
brother Mark Tietjens NERFINISHED
closeTo Valentine Wannop NERFINISHED
conflictWith Sylvia Tietjens NERFINISHED
createdBy Ford Madox Ford NERFINISHED
createdIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
familyBackground Yorkshire gentry NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Some Do Not... NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
literaryMovement modernism
loveInterest Valentine Wannop NERFINISHED
narrativeRole protagonist
nationality English
occupation civil servant
statistician
participatesIn Western Front NERFINISHED
partOf Parade's End tetralogy NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Benedict Cumberbatch NERFINISHED
rank officer
servesIn British Army NERFINISHED
setInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
setInPeriod World War I NERFINISHED
spouse Sylvia Tietjens NERFINISHED
themeIn clash between tradition and modernity
marital conflict
psychological impact of World War I

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Parade’s End characterPortrayed Christopher Tietjens