One of the best books ever written on people and what motivated them and why they do what they do. Hitchens is the writer who put me onto Powell.
Ruthiella I loved the Dance to the Music of Time series. 👍 8mo
BarbaraBB Me too! 8mo
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One of the best books ever written on people and what motivated them and why they do what they do. Hitchens is the writer who put me onto Powell.
Here is my roster for the #bookdraft we just did for anyone interested.
Matt‘s Roster
QB1 Gore Vidal
QB2 George M Fraser
RB1 Charles Portis
RB2 Elmore Leonard
WR1 Dawn Powell
WR2 Percival Everett
TE Walter Kirn
RETURN SPECIALIST Dorothy Parker
CENTER Norman Mailer
GUARD Arthur C Doyle
TACKLE George RR Martin
DEFENSE John Grisham
OC Oscar Wilde
DC James Ellroy
KICKER Neil Gaiman
HEAD COACH Anthony Powell
OWNER PG Wodehouse
#3books #ThatHaveBeenMadeIntoaTVSeries
I have so much love for both the book and original Tv series of Brideshead Revisited ! That‘s before DVRs , counted the days till the next episode! On Kings book , loved the book I thought show was just ok.Tagged series, haven‘t read the books or watched the TV show.Something to look forward to !
Waaay back in 1998 I started reading the Modern Library list of the 100 best 20th century novels in English: http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/ .
I‘m still working on finishing all 100+ books, but one of my favorite discoveries from the list was Anthony Powell‘s 12 book series of one man‘s life which almost spans the last century. It is sometimes compared to Proust‘s Memory of Lost Time series.
#20Series20Days
Day 14 - #Dance #AcrossApril
#DanceToTheMusicOfTime #AnthonyPowell #1001Books
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A Dance to the Music of Time is a 12-volume roman-fleuve by Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-20th century.
I read all 12 volumes in 2015 and enjoyed them very much!
pickMy 2019 reading goal of completing this 12 book set is now completed! I have loved following Nick Jenkins‘ friends and relatives through the 1900‘s to 1970. Over 300 characters who come and go through out the volumes, as in life. One per month for a year is just right- I will miss them all and will revisit at some point I am sure. A classic not to be missed. Here‘s to 2019 and to 2020‘s epic read- Proust anyone???
#1001books a very long series I have not read .I found these hardcovers in pretty decent dust jackets ,my find of the week at $1.50 per book.There was a TV mini-series in 1997 I haven‘t seen either.
Just sneaked into The Wallace Collection while Waiting for Catherine. I can never tire of gazing at Nicolas Poussin‘s ‘Dance to the Music of Time‘, nor indeed of re-reading Anthony Powell‘s majestic novel sequence that it inspired. #poussin #nicolaspoussin #adancetothemusicoftime #dancetothemusicoftime #anthonypowell #widmerpool #wallacecollection #literature #bookstagram #art #comtemporaryfiction #satire #melancholia #kennethwidmerpool #quiggin
A real #MagicDance is A Dance to the Music of Time, with 2950 pages one of the biggest novels of the #1001books to read before you die list, about life in the first half of the 20th century among London's upperclass. #SeptemBowie
pickWow. I finished it. Now I know all about England's upperclass before, during and after WWI. A great piece of work. I'll never forget Widmerpool I think!
And the grande finale is absolutely worth reading all 12 books! #1001books
