Venusberg

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Venusberg is a satirical early novel by British author Anthony Powell, set in a fictional Central European country and exploring the foibles of expatriate society.

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Venusberg canonical 1

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instanceOf novel
satirical novel
author Anthony Powell NERFINISHED
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores bureaucratic absurdity
cultural misunderstandings
romantic disillusionment
follows Afternoon Men NERFINISHED
genre comic novel
satire
hasCharacter Chepstow NERFINISHED
Croucher NERFINISHED
Dmitri NERFINISHED
Lucy NERFINISHED
hasMainCharacter Lushington NERFINISHED
hasPageCount approximately 250 pages
hasReputation minor classic of Powell’s early work
hasSettingElement diplomatic community
journalistic milieu
hasStructure linear narrative
hasStyle dry humour
understated prose
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTitleOrigin mythological Venusberg of European legend
hasTone detached
ironic
isFollowedBy From a View to a Death NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement 20th-century British literature
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Anthony Powell early novels
publicationYear 1932
publisher Duckworth NERFINISHED
setting fictional Central European country
theme expatriate society
political instability
romantic entanglements
social satire

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Anthony Powell notableWork Venusberg