A Dance to the Music of Time Series by Anthony Powell

4.03 · 140 ratings
  • A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time #1)
    #1

    A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time #1)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1951

    The opening novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.Discover the extraordinary life of Anthony Powell – captured by acclaimed biographer Hilary Spurling in Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

  • A Buyer's Market (A Dance to the Music of Time #2)
    #2

    A Buyer's Market (A Dance to the Music of Time #2)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1952

    'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIANA Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.In this second volume, Nick Jenkins is struggling to establish himself in London after graduating from university... more

  • The Acceptance World (A Dance to the Music of Time #3)
    #3

    The Acceptance World (A Dance to the Music of Time #3)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1955

    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 and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles that stand between them and the “Acceptance World.”

  • A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time #1-3)
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    A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time #1-3)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1955

    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 first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art... more

  • At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time #4)
    #4

    At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time #4)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1957

    The fourth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

  • Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (A Dance to the Music of Time #5)
    #5

    Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (A Dance to the Music of Time #5)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1960

    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 and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles that stand between them and the “Acceptance World.”

  • The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time #6)
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    The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time #6)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1962

    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 and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles that stand between them and the “Acceptance World.”

  • A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time #4-6)
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    A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time #4-6)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1962

    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 first chill of the 1930s, Nick Jenkins and his friends confront sex, society, business, and art... more

  • The Valley of Bones (A Dance to the Music of Time #7)
    #7

    The Valley of Bones (A Dance to the Music of Time #7)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1964

    With their lives drastically remodeled by World War II, the characters of The Dance to the Music of Time series continue their colorful exploits. Nicholas Jenkins, the narrarator, now in his thirties, is second-lieutenant in an infrantry regiment and life in the army is examined at startingly close range. Like its predecessors, this volume in the series is witty, sparkling, entertaining, but adds a new twist as a whole new world of wartime people and circumstances are investigated.

  • The Soldier's Art (A Dance to the Music of Time #8)
    #8

    The Soldier's Art (A Dance to the Music of Time #8)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1966

    Anthony Powell’s universally acclaimed epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London. Now, for the first time in decades, readers in the United States can read the books of Dance as they were originally published—as twelve individual novels—but with a twenty-first-century twist: they’re available only as e-books.The eighth volume, The Soldier’s Art (1966), finds Nick in the thankless position of assistant to a rapidly rising Major Widmerpool... more

  • The Military Philosophers (A Dance to the Music of Time #9)
    #9

    The Military Philosophers (A Dance to the Music of Time #9)

    Anthony Powell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1968

    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 and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles that stand between them and the “Acceptance World.”

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