Dawn Powell





Dawn Powell

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born
December 13, 1901 in The United States

died
November 14, 1965

gender
female

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Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American writer of satirical novels and stories that manage to be barbed and sensitive at the same time.



Average rating: 3.97 · 1,160 ratings · 162 reviews · 26 distinct works
A Time to Be Born
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1942 — 4 editions
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The Locusts Have No King
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1948 — 5 editions
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The Wicked Pavilion
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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Turn, Magic Wheel
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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My Home is Far Away
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
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Angels on Toast
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions
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The Golden Spur
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions
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Dance Night
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1999
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The Happy Island
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1998
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Come Back to Sorrento
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1998
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More books by Dawn Powell…
“Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.”
Dawn Powell

“Hold fast to whatever fragments of love that exist, for sometimes a mosaic is more beautiful than an unbroken pattern.”
Dawn Powell

“All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly.”
Dawn Powell

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