Nicholas Jenkins

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Nicholas Jenkins is the reflective, observant protagonist and first-person chronicler of Anthony Powell’s multi-volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time."

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instanceOf fictional character
literary protagonist
narrator
acquaintance Barbara Goring NERFINISHED
Jean Templer NERFINISHED
Uncle Giles NERFINISHED
appearsIn A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED
associatedTheme friendship and betrayal
memory
passage of time
social mobility
basedOn aspects of Anthony Powell
characterTrait detached
observant
reflective
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War NERFINISHED
creator Anthony Powell NERFINISHED
education Eton College NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
familyConnection Tolland family NERFINISHED
firstAppearance A Question of Upbringing NERFINISHED
friend Charles Stringham NERFINISHED
Kenneth Widmerpool NERFINISHED
Peter Templer NERFINISHED
gender male
genre modernist fiction
language English
lastAppearance Hearing Secret Harmonies NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySeries A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED
literarySignificance major figure in British postwar fiction
medium novel
narrates A Dance to the Music of Time NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction observer of social change
narrativePerspective first-person
nationality British
occupation literary critic
scriptwriter
writer
roleInWork chronicler of his generation
servedIn British Army NERFINISHED
settingOfLife England NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
spouse Isobel Tolland NERFINISHED
timeSpanOfNarration 1920s to 1970s

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A Dance to the Music of Time narrator Nicholas Jenkins