A Dance to the Music of Time

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book series literary work novel cycle

A Dance to the Music of Time is Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume cycle of novels that traces the intertwined lives of a group of English characters across several decades of the 20th century.

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A Dance to the Music of Time canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book series ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novel cycle ⓘ
adaptation television series ⓘ
author Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
finalVolume Hearing Secret Harmonies ⓘ
firstVolume A Question of Upbringing ⓘ
focusesOn intertwined lives of English characters ⓘ
followsCharactersAcross several decades ⓘ
genre modernist fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
hasPart A Buyer's Market ⓘ
A Question of Upbringing ⓘ
At Lady Molly’s ⓘ
surface form: At Lady Molly's

Books Do Furnish a Room ⓘ
Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant ⓘ
surface form: Casanova's Chinese Restaurant

Hearing Secret Harmonies ⓘ
Temporary Kings ⓘ
The Acceptance World ⓘ
The Kindly Ones ⓘ
The Military Philosophers ⓘ
The Soldier’s Art ⓘ
surface form: The Soldier's Art

The Valley of Bones ⓘ
inspiredBy Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" ⓘ
literaryMovement British literature ⓘ
literaryReputation major work of 20th-century English fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
narrator Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
notableFor detailed portrayal of English society ⓘ
large cast of recurring characters ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 12 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationEndYear 1975 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1951 ⓘ
publisher Heinemann publishing group ⓘ
surface form: Heinemann
recurringCharacter Kenneth Widmerpool ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
settingPeriod 20th century ⓘ
structure four trilogies ⓘ
televisionAdaptationNetwork Channel 4 ⓘ
televisionAdaptationYear 1997 ⓘ
theme class ⓘ
memory ⓘ
social change ⓘ
time ⓘ
war and its effects ⓘ
titleRefersTo Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" ⓘ

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Powell → notableWork → A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
subject surface form: Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell → notableWork → A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
Anthony Powell → series → A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
Thomas → notableWork → A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay