Anthony Powell

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in Westminster, The United Kingdom

December 21, 1905

died

March 28, 2000

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Literature & Fiction

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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".

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Average rating: 4.09 · 6,055 ratings · 598 reviews · 66 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,641 ratings — published 1951 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 723 ratings — published 1951 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1970 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 476 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Buyer's Market (A Dance to the Music of Time #2) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1952 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (A Dance to the Music of Time, #5) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1964 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Acceptance World (A Dance to the Music of Time, #3) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time, #4) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1957 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valley of Bones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #7) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1964 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Dance to the Music of Time (12 books)
by Anthony Powell
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“Books do furnish a room.”
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“ Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”
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“It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them.”
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