About Anthony Powell
A distinguished writer of social comedy, Anthony Powell is best known for his 12-volume novel sequence collectively entitled A Dance to the Music of Time, a detailed yet panoramic study of changes in the snobbish, insular world of the English upper and middle classes from World War I to the 1960s. Novels in the series include A Question of Upbringing (1951), The Acceptance World (1955), Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960), The Valley of Bones (1964), The Military Philosophers (1969), Books Do Furnish a Room (1971), and Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975). Powell's other novels include Afternoon Men (1931), From a View to a Death (1933), and The Fisher King (1986). He was also the author of a study of John Aubrey (1948), four volumes of memoirs (1976'"82; abr. ed. To Keep the Ball Rolling, 2001), Journals, 1982'"92 (3 vol., 1995'"97), two collections of essays on writing (1990; 1991, rev. ed. 1994), and two plays (1972).
Series
Dance to the Music of Time
1. A Question of Upbringing (1951)
2. A Buyer's Market (1952)
3. The Acceptance World (1955)
4. At Lady Molly's (1957)
5. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960)
6. The Kindly Ones (1962)
7. The Valley of Bones (1964)
8. The Soldier's Art (1966)
9. The Military Philosophers (1968)
10. Books Do Furnish a Room (1971)
11. Temporary Kings (1973)
12. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975)
All Four Movements (omnibus) (1951)
First Movement (omnibus) (1963)
Second Movement (omnibus) (1964)
Third Movement (omnibus) (1971)
Fourth Movement (omnibus) (1976)
Autumn (omnibus) (1991)
Summer (omnibus) (1991)
Winter (omnibus) (1991)
Spring (omnibus) (1991)
At Lady Molly's / Casanova's Chinese Restaurant / Kindly Ones (1997)
Question of Upbringing / Buyer's Market / Acceptance World (omnibus) (1997)
Books Do Furnish a Room / Temporary Kings / Hearing Secret Harmonies (omnibus) (1997)
A Dance to the Music of Time / Valley of Bones, Soldier's Art / Military Philosophers (omnibus) (1997)
1. A Question of Upbringing (1951)
2. A Buyer's Market (1952)
3. The Acceptance World (1955)
4. At Lady Molly's (1957)
5. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960)
6. The Kindly Ones (1962)
7. The Valley of Bones (1964)
8. The Soldier's Art (1966)
9. The Military Philosophers (1968)
10. Books Do Furnish a Room (1971)
11. Temporary Kings (1973)
12. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975)
All Four Movements (omnibus) (1951)
First Movement (omnibus) (1963)
Second Movement (omnibus) (1964)
Third Movement (omnibus) (1971)
Fourth Movement (omnibus) (1976)
Autumn (omnibus) (1991)
Summer (omnibus) (1991)
Winter (omnibus) (1991)
Spring (omnibus) (1991)
At Lady Molly's / Casanova's Chinese Restaurant / Kindly Ones (1997)
Question of Upbringing / Buyer's Market / Acceptance World (omnibus) (1997)
Books Do Furnish a Room / Temporary Kings / Hearing Secret Harmonies (omnibus) (1997)
A Dance to the Music of Time / Valley of Bones, Soldier's Art / Military Philosophers (omnibus) (1997)
Novels
Afternoon Men (1931)
Venusberg (1932)
From a View to a Death (1933)
Agents and Patients (1936)
What's Become of Waring (1939)
Baptism (1962)
O How the Wheel Becomes It! (1983)
The Fisher King (1986)
Venusberg (1932)
From a View to a Death (1933)
Agents and Patients (1936)
What's Become of Waring (1939)
Baptism (1962)
O How the Wheel Becomes It! (1983)
The Fisher King (1986)
Collections
Chapbooks
Plays
Non fiction series
To Keep the Ball Rolling: Memoirs
1. Infants of the Spring (1976)
2. Messengers of Day (1978)
3. Faces in My Time (1980)
4. The Strangers All Are Gone (1982)
To Keep the Ball Rolling (1983)
1. Infants of the Spring (1976)
2. Messengers of Day (1978)
3. Faces in My Time (1980)
4. The Strangers All Are Gone (1982)
To Keep the Ball Rolling (1983)
Non fiction
John Aubrey and His Friends (1948)
Oileain Arann: History of the Aran Islands Up to 1922 (1983)
Miscellaneous Verdicts (1990)
Under Review (1992)
Journals, 1982-86 (1995)
Journals, 1987-89 (1996)
Journals, 1990-92 (1997)
A Writer's Notebook (2001)
Oileain Arann: History of the Aran Islands Up to 1922 (1983)
Miscellaneous Verdicts (1990)
Under Review (1992)
Journals, 1982-86 (1995)
Journals, 1987-89 (1996)
Journals, 1990-92 (1997)
A Writer's Notebook (2001)
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