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Anthony Dymoke Powell CH CBE ( / ˈpoʊəl / POH-əl; [1] 21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. It is on the list of longest novels in English.
Nov 5, 2018 · Hilary Spurling’s new biography, “Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time” (Knopf), is a fond portrayal of the man sometimes called “the English Proust.”The comparison is both ...
A Dance to the Music of Time is a 12-volume roman-fleuve by English writer Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-20th century. The books were inspired by the painting of ...
CharacterDetailsHistorical Inspirations [ 12]Nick JenkinsNarratorA cypher, everyman; Powell himselfIsobel TollandOne of the Tolland sisters, whom Jenkins ...Powell's wife Lady Violet Pakenham, third ...A mediocre student whose rise seems ...Powell confirmed character inspired by ...Charles StringhamSchoolfriend of Nick's. A romantic.Drawn from Hubert Duggan, whose glamorous ...Anthony Powell, Author The English author Anthony Dymoke Powell was born in London on 21 December 1905. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford where he met several other young writers and artists including Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green, John Betjeman, Graham Greene and Osbert Lancaster.
Anthony Powell is a British author of fictional novels. His full name is Anthony Dymoke Powell and his last name is pronounced ‘pole’ as opposed to ‘Pow-ell’. Powell was born in Westminster, U.K., on December 21, 1905 and passed away on March 28, 2000. He was well recognized as being an author that focused on social comedy.
Mar 28, 2000 · 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.
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Anthony Powell (born December 21, 1905, London, England—died March 28, 2000, near Frome, Somerset) was an English novelist, best known for his autobiographical and satiric 12-volume series of novels, A Dance to the Music of Time. As a child, Powell lived wherever his father, a regular officer in the Welsh Regiment, was stationed.
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