Anthony Powell





Anthony Powell

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born
in Westminster, The United Kingdom
December 21, 1905

died
March 28, 2000

gender
male

genre


About this author

Anthony Dymoke Powel CH, CBE was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975.
Powell's major work has remained in print continuously and has been the subject of TV and radio dramatisations. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".


Average rating: 4.09 · 6,055 ratings · 598 reviews · 66 distinct works · Similar authors
A Dance to the Music of Tim...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1951 — 11 editions
A Question of Upbringing (A...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 723 ratings — published 1951 — 18 editions
A Dance to the Music of Tim...
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions
A Dance to the Music of Tim...
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1970 — 11 editions
A Dance to the Music of Tim...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
A Buyer's Market (A Dance t...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1952 — 13 editions
Casanova's Chinese Restaura...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1964 — 15 editions
The Acceptance World (A Dan...
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
At Lady Molly's (A Dance to...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1957 — 15 editions
The Valley of Bones (A Danc...
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1964 — 11 editions
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