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'One of English fiction's few twentieth-century masterpieces' -John Lanchester, London Review of Books
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Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations.
Volume 3 contains the seventh, eighth and ninth novel in the series: The Valley of Bones; The Soldier's Art; The Military Philosophers
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For people who like Jane Austen, yet set in more recent times, Anthony Powell's series is worth reading. The story lines are not gripping thrillers, yet one becomes interested in the characters as they drift in and out of the main protagonist's life. I picked up the first `trilogy' in the reissue of Powell's work because I had watched and enjoyed the televisation made by one of the UK's networks. All the reviewers said that the series did not reflect the depth of the books. So I read the books to compare them. I found that the television series mirrored the books very well indeed. The producers had caught the wistfull and distant mood of Nicholas Jenkins well and the dissipation of the upper classes between the two world wars excellently. Do the stories go anywhere? Not in the accepted sense of the word. They exist in a time capsule, for us to observe - a measured dance to the music of time, as so aptly titled. If you are a fan of Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford you will! enjoy Anthony Powell, and if you enjoy these novels yet have not read Waugh and Mitford, try them as well.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I place this work among literary mammoths of our time, including Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past," Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet" and Henry Williamson's "A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight." My judgment results not merely from this work's great length, but rather in Powell's greatly detailed characters, sprawling plot development and sheer READABILITY. Despite its great length [about 3,000 pages] it still pales in length in comparison to the aforementioned "Chronicle," which at times, plods along and tallies up to approximately 8,000 pages. Bravo to the University of Chicago Press for re-publishing this work in such a beautiful edition, as well. Buy this set and read this wonderful work. You'll enjoy it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This volume contains the first three novels of Anthony Powell's masterpiece, A Dance to the Music of Time. Powell's work is social comedy in the tradition of Jane Austen and George Meredith. Contemporary writers with whom he is often compared include Marcel Proust and Evelyn Waugh. The 12 short novels of A Dance to the Music of Time give a panoramic picture of English upper-class social life from 1921 to 1971 that is both intensely realistic and amazingly funny. Readers either love Powell's work or can't understand what others see in it. My own opinion is that Dance is the best novel written in the twentieth century. Others share this view: A Dance to the Music of Time is #43 on the recently constructed Random House/Modern Library 100 Best Poll (of twentieth century fiction) and was made into a 4-part miniseries on British television just about a year ago.
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Better and Better
Another reviewer has compared this to Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu. I can see the comparison, and judging by the allusions in this volume of the books, Powell was very... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
Office Politics
The superficial couplings and separations of the supercilious cast continue through the Second World War. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2008 by Forlornehope
The richest social world I know of in fiction
First, although I adore this series, I would like to demur from the description of this series as a comedy. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 1999
One of the very finest of postwar novels!
As a longtime reader and reviewer [The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, The New Republic, etc. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1999
BEAUTIFUL EDITION TO KEEP AND TREASURE
This is really a review of the University of Chicago Press' excellent paperback edition: the cover image is of the French painting that gives the sequence it's title, wittily... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 1998
Simply a "must read" for fans of Proust or Thomas Wolfe.
Anthony Powell's 12-novel series is frequently compared to Proust's "Rememberance of Things Past", but the similarity is purely superficial. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 1997
The outstanding English fiction of our time
For me, the most impressive aspect of Anthony Powell's *Dance
to the Music of Time* series is not the hilarious comedy,
not the dazzling style of writing, not even the... Read more
to the Music of Time* series is not the hilarious comedy,
not the dazzling style of writing, not even the... Read more
Published on 27 Sep 1996
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