Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant
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Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant is a comic novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," exploring the intertwined lives of London’s artistic and social circles.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Casanova's Chinese Restaurant | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
artistic collaboration
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marriage and marital breakdown ⓘ music ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresMilieu |
London artistic circles
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London social circles ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Barnby
NERFINISHED
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Hugh Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Maclintick NERFINISHED ⓘ Mona Maclintick NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | A Dance to the Music of Time (television adaptation includes material from the novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780226677186 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | around 240 pages ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Kindly Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant (fictional restaurant) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| literarySeriesNumber | fifth volume of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
ironic
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satirical ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
artistic life in London
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intertwined personal relationships ⓘ social life in London ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCycleStructure | third movement of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| precededBy | At Lady Molly’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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Casanova's Chinese Restaurant