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A Dance to the Music of Time

This sweeping, twelve-volume novel chronicles the lives and fortunes of the English upper classes from the end of World War I through the 1960s. Narrated with characteristic British wit and understatement, it offers a panoramic view of societal changes, personal ambitions, and the turbulent events of the 20th century. The series is a masterful study of a specific milieu, exploring its peculiar customs, evolving relationships, and the passage of time. It provides an unparalleled, insightful glimpse into the heart of a society and the individuals navigating its complex currents.

The Kindly Ones
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant
At Lady Molly's
The Acceptance World
A Buyer's Market
A Question Of Upbringing

Recommended Reading Order

  1. A Question Of Upbringing

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    A Question Of Upbringing1
    3.7
  2. A Buyer's Market

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    The second 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    A Buyer's Market2
    3.9
  3. The Acceptance World

    • 223 pages
    • 8 hours of reading

    Set in the Great Depression of 1931-32. The Acceptance World invites us once again to join Nicholas Jenkins and his friends in their dance to the music of time.

    The Acceptance World3
    4.1
  4. The fourth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

    At Lady Molly's4
    4.1
  5. The fifth 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    Casanova's Chinese Restaurant5
    4.1
  6. The second 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    The Kindly Ones6
    4.4
  7. The seventh 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    The Valley of Bones7
    4.1
  8. Soldier's Art

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    The eighth 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    Soldier's Art8
    4.1
  9. The Military Philosophers

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    The ninth 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 - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.

    The Military Philosophers9
    3.9
  10. Books Do Furnish a Room

    • 255 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    Book 10 in A Dance to the Music of Time begins: "Returning to the University at forty, one immediately recaptured all the crushing melancholy of the undergraduate condition." Anthony Powell's 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.”

    Books Do Furnish a Room10
    4.1

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