text: This author wrote about the Great Groby Tree, which symbolizes a family's curse, in a novel about thegodson of General Campion.
full_question: This author wrote about the Great Groby Tree, which symbolizes a family's curse, in a novel about thegodson of General Campion. In an oft-quoted comment, this novelist's friend John Rodker called one of hisnovels "the finest French novel in the English language." A woman created by this writer is averse to sex due toa strict Catholic upbringing, leading her to suggest the sexual union of her ward Nancy and her husband. Thiswriter created a man called "the last English Tory," who is constantly cheated on by his wife Sylvia, namedChristopher Tietjens. The narrator says, "This is the saddest story I have ever heard," at the beginning of hisnovel about Edward Ashburnham. For 10 points, name this English author of Parade's End and The Good Soldier. 
first_sentence: This author wrote about the Great Groby Tree, which symbolizes a family's curse, in a novel about thegodson of General Campion.
raw_answer: Ford Madox Ford 