Some Do Not &hellip;, the first volume of Ford Madox Ford&#39;s highly regarded tetralogy Parade&#39;s End, was originally published in 1924. Some Do Not &hellip; begins with the two young friends, Christopher Tietjens and Vincent Macmaster, on the train to Rye for a golfing weekend in the country. The year, probably 1912, is only indicated later. Tietjens has a brilliant mind, and speaks it scathingly and heedlessly. Both men work in London as government statisticians; though Macmaster aspires to be a critic, and has just written a short book on Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He plans to call on a parson who knew Rossetti, and who lives near Rye. The first of the novel&#39;s two parts covers the ensuing weekend, which changes both their lives...<br />Ford Madox Ford (n&eacute; Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer (1873 &ndash; 1939) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. Ford is now remembered for his novels The Good Soldier (1915), the Parade&#39;s End tetralogy (1924&ndash;28) and The Fifth Queen trilogy (1906&ndash;08). The Good Soldier is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer&prime;s &quot;100 Greatest Novels of All Time&quot;, and The Guardian&prime;s &quot;1000 novels everyone must read&quot;.