A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement (3 Vols in 1) - Hardcover

Powell, Anthony

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9780316715355: A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement (3 Vols in 1)

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ISBN 10: 0316715352 ISBN 13: 9780316715355

Publisher: Little Brown & Co., 1955

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Three novels relate the experiences of four young Englishmen from the conclusion of World War I to the Depression

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About the Author:

Anthony Powell's work includes Miscellaneous Verdicts and Under Review, both available from the University of Chicago Press.

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Twelve-volume series of novels by Anthony Powell, published from 1951 to 1975. The series--which includes A Question of Upbringing (1951), A Buyer's Market (1952), The Acceptance World (1955), At Lady Molly's (1957), Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960), The Kindly Ones (1962), The Valley of Bones (1964), The Soldier's Art (1966), The Military Philosophers (1968), Books Do Furnish a Room (1971), Temporary Kings (1973), and Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975)--traces events in the lives of a number of characters from Britain's upper classes and bohemia, following them from adolescence in the 1920s to senescence in the 1970s. Powell found inspiration for the title and form of his opus in Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time," which depicts the Four Seasons dancing to music played by Father Time. The novels focus on social behavior; all characters are dealt with objectively, as they would wish to appear to outside observers. Personality and motivation are revealed through minute and subtle analysis of disconnected incidents. Nicholas Jenkins, a nonparticipant who is secure in his own values, narrates much of the action of people obsessed with power, style, creativity, and public image. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

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