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Anthony Powell


Born
in Westminster, London, England, The United Kingdom
December 21, 1905

Died
March 28, 2000

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People best know British writer Anthony Dymoke Powell for A Dance to the Music of Time , a cycle of 12 satirical novels from 1951 to 1975.

This Englishman published his volumes of work. Television and radio dramatizations subjected major work of Powell in print continuously. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "the fifty greatest British writers since 1945."

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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

3.94 avg rating — 4,697 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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A Question of Upbringing (A...

3.72 avg rating — 4,674 ratings — published 1951 — 61 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.29 avg rating — 1,689 ratings — published 1962 — 28 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.27 avg rating — 1,683 ratings — published 1968 — 15 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.22 avg rating — 1,519 ratings — published 1975 — 26 editions
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A Buyer's Market (A Dance t...

3.85 avg rating — 1,462 ratings — published 1952 — 49 editions
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The Acceptance World (A Dan...

4.06 avg rating — 1,246 ratings — published 1955 — 51 editions
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At Lady Molly's (A Dance to...

4.11 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 1957 — 44 editions
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Casanova's Chinese Restaura...

4.10 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 1960 — 52 editions
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The Kindly Ones (A Dance to...

4.23 avg rating — 942 ratings — published 1962 — 39 editions
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Quotes by Anthony Powell  (?)
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“I get a warm feeling among my books.”
Anthony Powell

“Books do furnish a room.”
Anthony Powell, Dance to the Music of Time

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”
Anthony Powell

Polls

What would you like to read for the 6-month study for the first part of 2022? You may also write in a vote. It's not a strict rule, but please try to keep the book to 700+ pages.

The Count of Monte Cristo
 
  10 votes, 31.3%

 
  6 votes, 18.8%

 
  4 votes, 12.5%

The Sea of Fertility by Yukio Mishima
 
  3 votes, 9.4%

The Tale of Genji (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 9.4%

 
  2 votes, 6.3%

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 6.3%

 
  1 vote, 3.1%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
 
  1 vote, 3.1%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

war and Peace
 
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