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  • A Question of Upbringing

    Book 1 of A Dance to the Music of Time

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Anthony Powell’s universally acclaimed epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London. Now, for the first time in decades, readers in the United States can read the books of Dance as they were originally published—as twelve individual novels—but with a twenty-first-century twist: they’re available only as e-books.A Question of Upbringing (1951) introduces ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Anthony Powell Collection. Illustrated

    A Dance of Music and Time, Afternoon Men, Venusberg, From a View to a Death and others

    by Anthony Powell ...
    The Anthony Powell Collection is an exquisite assembly of the celebrated author’s most distinguished works, offering readers a comprehensive journey through his remarkable literary career. This collection includes his magnum opus, A Dance to the Music of Time, as well as early gems like Afternoon Men, Venusberg, and From a View to a Death. Illustrated to enhance the reader’s experience, this ... Read more

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  • Afternoon Men. Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Anthony Powell's Afternoon Men is a sharp, witty, and understated exploration of disillusionment and the ennui of 1920s London bohemia. Powell’s first novel, it introduces readers to a world of idle intellectuals, artists, and socialites, capturing their conversations, relationships, and quiet despair with biting humor and detached irony. The story revolves around William Atwater, a museum worker ... Read more

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  • A Buyer's Market. A Dance of Music and Time (Book 2). Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    A Buyer’s Market, the second novel in Anthony Powell’s renowned twelve-part series A Dance to the Music of Time, immerses readers in the world of 1920s London society. The story follows the life and observations of Nicholas Jenkins, an insightful yet often bemused narrator, as he navigates a network of young socialites, artists, and intellectuals during the vibrant and transitional postwar period. ... Read more

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  • Agents and Patients. Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Agents and Patients is a witty and biting comedy of manners that showcases Anthony Powell’s sharp eye for the absurdities of human behavior. Set against the backdrop of 1930s London, the novel follows the misadventures of Blore-Smith, a wealthy but gullible young man whose naivety makes him an easy target for the opportunists of high society. Blore-Smith’s life takes a chaotic turn when he becomes ... Read more

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  • From a View to a Death. Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    In From a View to a Death, Anthony Powell delves into the intricacies of human relationships, vanity, and self-deception in this darkly comic portrayal of English country life. Set in the rural countryside, the novel introduces a cast of eccentric characters whose lives intersect in unpredictable and often humorous ways, ultimately leading to unexpected tragedy. The story follows the ambitious yet ... Read more

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  • Venusberg. Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Venusberg is Anthony Powell’s second novel, a satire set in a fictional Baltic state that explores themes of diplomacy, romance, and the absurdities of European society. The story follows Lushington, a young British journalist sent to cover a political crisis in a small, politically unstable country, where he encounters a colorful mix of diplomats, officials, and socialites. Upon arriving in ... Read more

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  • What's Become of Waring. Illustrated

    by Anthony Powell ...
    What’s Become of Waring is a witty and subtly satirical exploration of the London publishing world and the elusive nature of identity. In this novel, Anthony Powell presents a clever mystery with a humorous edge, set within a small London publishing house. The story follows an unnamed narrator who works for a publishing company that has seen success with books by the mysterious travel writer, T.T. ... Read more

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  • The Acceptance World

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Series Book 3 - A Dance of Music and Time
    Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London . Now, for the first time in decades, readers in the United States can read the books of Dance as they were originally published—as twelve individual novels—but with a twenty-first-century twist: they're available only as e-books.The third volume, The Acceptance World ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Casanova's Chinese Restaurant

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Series Book 5 - A Dance of Music and Time
    The renowned literary saga continues as a group of London friends find domesticity and despair in their love relationships.Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed twelve-volume epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, the fifth book, finds Nick marrying Isobel Tolland and launching happily into family life—including ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fisher King

    A Novel

    by Anthony Powell ...
    Arthurian legend and cruise ship gossip entwine in this "profoundly touching, comic novel" by the celebrated author of A Dance to the Music of Time ( Chicago Tribune).Aboard the Alecto, prolific romance author Valentine Beals ruminates on the ship's most seemingly incongruous couple: a graceful, ethereal, virginal dancer named Barberina Rookwood and her lover, Saul Henchman, a crippled, ... Read more

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  • Agents & Patients

    A Novel

    by Anthony Powell ...
    A wealthy Londoner falls victim to conmen on a journey through interwar Europe in this early novel by the celebrated author ( New York Times).Unsavory artists, aristocratic nitwits, and charlatans with an affinity for Freud—such are the oddballs who animate the early novels of Anthony Powell. A genius of social satire and dry wit, Powell built his comedies on the foibles of British high society ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus