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.

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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
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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Anthony Powell notableWork The Kindly Ones
A Dance to the Music of Time hasPart The Kindly Ones