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Anthony Powell


Born
in Westminster, London, England, The United Kingdom
December 21, 1905

Died
March 28, 2000

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People best know British writer Anthony Dymoke Powell for A Dance to the Music of Time , a cycle of 12 satirical novels from 1951 to 1975.

This Englishman published his volumes of work. Television and radio dramatizations subjected major work of Powell in print continuously. In 2008, The Times newspaper named Powell among their list of "the fifty greatest British writers since 1945."

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Average rating: 4.0 · 28,313 ratings · 3,082 reviews · 107 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Dance to the Music of Tim...

3.94 avg rating — 4,831 ratings — published 1955 — 43 editions
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A Question of Upbringing (A...

3.71 avg rating — 4,882 ratings — published 1951 — 63 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.29 avg rating — 1,760 ratings — published 1962 — 28 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.28 avg rating — 1,742 ratings — published 1968 — 38 editions
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A Dance to the Music of Tim...

4.23 avg rating — 1,585 ratings — published 1975 — 26 editions
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A Buyer's Market (A Dance t...

3.84 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 1952 — 58 editions
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The Acceptance World (A Dan...

4.07 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 1955 — 22 editions
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At Lady Molly's (A Dance to...

4.11 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — published 1957 — 48 editions
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Casanova's Chinese Restaura...

4.09 avg rating — 1,130 ratings — published 1960 — 54 editions
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The Kindly Ones (A Dance to...

4.24 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 1962 — 41 editions
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A Question of Upbringing A Buyer's Market The Acceptance World At Lady Molly's Casanova's Chinese Restaurant The Kindly Ones The Valley of Bones
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Quotes by Anthony Powell  (?)
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“I get a warm feeling among my books.”
Anthony Powell

“Books do furnish a room.”
Anthony Powell, Dance to the Music of Time

“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”
Anthony Powell

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