Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell has written at least 30 books. Their most popular book is A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement with 45 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Classics, Fiction, and War.

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Anthony Powell was born in London in 1905 and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He worked for a London publisher from 1927 to 1935. and as a film scriptwriter from 1935 to 1936. He has written reviews and literary columns for various newspapers and periodicals and was Literary Editor of Punch from 1952 to 1958. He was commissioned in the Welch Regiment in 1939 and subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Corps where he served as a liaison officer with the Allied Forces.
His published works are: *Afternoon Men* (1931), *Venusberg* (1932), *From a View to a Death* (1933), *What's Become of Waring* (1939), *John Aubrey and His Friends* (1948). *Selections from John Aubrey* (1949), *A Question of Upbringing* (1951). *A Buyer's Market* (1952). *The Acceptance World* (1955), *At Lady Molly's* (James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1957), and *Casanova's Chinese Restaurant* (I960).
The last five books form the first half of the *Music of Time* sequence.
Anthony Powell married Lady Violet Pakenham in 1934 and they had two sons.

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Anthony Powell

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Details	Rating	Readers Count
A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement Anthony Powell	4	8 reads
Dance to the Music of Time Second Movement Anthony Powell	4.25	4 reads
Dance to the Music of Time Third Movement Anthony Powell	4.5	3 reads
The Acceptance World Anthony Powell	4	5 reads
A Buyer's Market Anthony Powell	3.75	5 reads
Books Do Furnish a Room Anthony Powell	4.33	4 reads
The Kindly Ones Anthony Powell	4.5	5 reads
The Soldier's Art Anthony Powell	4	5 reads
Hearing Secret Harmonies Anthony Powell	4.5	3 reads
The Military Philosophers Anthony Powell	3.5	4 reads
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant Anthony Powell	4.25	4 reads
Temporary Kings Anthony Powell	5	2 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Question of Upbringing A Question of Upbringing Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Afternoon Men Anthony Powell	3	1 read
Venusberg Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
At Lady Molly's Anthony Powell	4	1 read
From a view to a death Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set: 1st Movement, 2nd Movement, 3rd Movement, 4th Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Primavera Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Verano Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Invierno Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Otoño Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Agents and Patients Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
The Fisher King Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
O, how the wheel becomes it!: A novel Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
What's Become of Waring What's Become of Waring Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
What's Become of Waring What's Become of Waring: A Novel Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time	4	1 read
A dance to the music of time Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Marcel Proust 1871-1922: A Centennial Volume Elizabeth Bowen B.G. Rogers Pamela Hansford Johnson Sherban Sidery Anthony Powell Philip Kolb	0	0 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement Anthony Powell	4	8 reads
Dance to the Music of Time Second Movement Anthony Powell	4.25	4 reads
Dance to the Music of Time Third Movement Anthony Powell	4.5	3 reads
The Acceptance World Anthony Powell	4	5 reads
A Buyer's Market Anthony Powell	3.75	5 reads
Books Do Furnish a Room Anthony Powell	4.33	4 reads
The Kindly Ones Anthony Powell	4.5	5 reads
The Soldier's Art Anthony Powell	4	5 reads
Hearing Secret Harmonies Anthony Powell	4.5	3 reads
The Military Philosophers Anthony Powell	3.5	4 reads
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant Anthony Powell	4.25	4 reads
Temporary Kings Anthony Powell	5	2 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Question of Upbringing A Question of Upbringing Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Afternoon Men Anthony Powell	3	1 read
Venusberg Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
At Lady Molly's Anthony Powell	4	1 read
From a view to a death Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set A Dance to the Music of Time, Complete Set: 1st Movement, 2nd Movement, 3rd Movement, 4th Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
A Dance to the Music of Time A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Primavera Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Verano Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Invierno Anthony Powell Javier Calzada (Translator)	0	0 reads
Una danza para la música del tiempo Una danza para la música del tiempo: Otoño Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Agents and Patients Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
The Fisher King Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
O, how the wheel becomes it!: A novel Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
What's Become of Waring What's Become of Waring Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
What's Become of Waring What's Become of Waring: A Novel Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time	4	1 read
A dance to the music of time Anthony Powell	0	0 reads
Marcel Proust 1871-1922: A Centennial Volume Elizabeth Bowen B.G. Rogers Pamela Hansford Johnson Sherban Sidery Anthony Powell Philip Kolb	0	0 reads

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