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A Dance to the Music of Time
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Description edit
Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic encompasses a four-volume panorama of twentieth century London. Hailed by Time as "brilliant literary comedy as well as a brilliant sketch of the times," A Dance to the Music of Time opens just after World War I. Amid the fever of the 1920s and the... read more
Books in This Collection
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Books Do Furnish a Room
by Anthony Powell (Author)A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. The novels follow Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool...
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Temporary Kings
by Anthony Powell (Author)A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. The novels follow Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool...
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Hearing Secret Harmonies
by Anthony Powell (Author)A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. The novels follow Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool...
Characters/People edit
- Trapnel: Add a description of this character.
- Pamela Widmerpool
- Bagshaw
- Ada
- Fiona
- Stevens
- Murdock
- Henderson
- Quiggin
- Emily Brightman
- Delavacquerie
- Isobel
- Glober
- Matilda
- Rosie
- Murtlock
- Craggs
- Moreland
- Polly Duport
- Frederica
- Nicholas
- Norah
- Hugo
- Roddy Cutts
- Tokenhouse
- Nick
- Erridge
- Mrs Erdleigh
- Roddy
- Bithel
- St John Clarke
- Mr Gaunt
- Mr Gauntlett
- Burton
- Russell
- Magnus Donners
- Stringham
- Mr Deacon
- Jacky Bragadin
- Jean
- Bertram Akworth
- Trappy
- Sillers
- Mr Jenkins
- Chuck
- Ernie
- George
- Gyges
Setting & Locations edit
- Gwinnett
- Sillery
- London
- Venice
- England
- Salvidge
- Alfred Tolland
- Tiepolo
- Stourwater
- Flavia
- Flavia Wisebite
- Moreland
- Orlando
- Warminster
- Thrubworth
- Louis
- Candaules
- Belinda
- Spain
- The Hero
- France
- Egypt
- Africa
- America
- Evadne Clapham
- Germany
- Sweetskin
- Paris
- Veronese
- Stripling
- Akworth
- India
- Lido
- Carolo
- Devil
- Eastern Europe
- Scorpio
- Italy
- Great Hall
- Nysia
- Stveetskin
- Ariosto
- Florian
- Hollywood
Series & Lists edit
This book is in A Dance to the Music of Time. (standard series)
This is book 43 of 93 in Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Board's List. (authoritative list)
This book is in TIME Magazine Top 100 English-Language Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anthony Powell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0316715484
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0316715484
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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