The Kindly Ones
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The Kindly Ones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," continuing his satirical exploration of British society in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kindly Ones canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Valley of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charles Stringham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugh Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Templer NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Members ⓘ Mona Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Widmerpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-09-947248-3 ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 240–260 pages ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed as part of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British society
ⓘ
World War II background ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeriesPhase | Second Movement of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ |
| isSatireOf | English upper-middle-class life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Nicholas Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
class and social mobility
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memory and reflection ⓘ passage of time ⓘ social change in Britain ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInA Dance to the Music of Time | 6 ⓘ |
| seriesType | roman-fleuve ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleAllusion | the Furies (Eumenides) from Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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