A Dance to the Music of Time

Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement | Anthony Powell

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. 👍 7mo

BarbaraBB Me too! 7mo

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Therewillbebooks

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony 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

Ruthiella This a fabulous series. I really enjoyed it. 4y

Therewillbebooks @Ruthiella Me too! One of the best I've ever read 4y

The_Penniless_Author I'm loving this team and would be fascinated to see a real NFL franchise owned by PG Wodehouse! 🤣 4y

Therewillbebooks @The_Penniless_Author i think he'd be a great owner! Just a kindly old man out to enjoy himself, wouldn't hesitate to spend his own money on the team. 4y

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Leftcoastzen

Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement | Anthony Powell

#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 !

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Suet624 I thought King‘s tv show was so-so too. It‘s too bad. 4y

OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚📺 4y

Leftcoastzen @Suet624 such potential, but it just didn‘t seem to have ....something.... 4y

BarbaraBB The Dance ❤️❤️❤️ 4y

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Ruthiella

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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

Andrew65

Andrew65 A classic choice. 4y

LeahBergen I‘ve never read these (but I‘ve contemplated it)! 😄 4y

Ruthiella @Andrew65 I‘m finding wide variety of book series to choose from fascinating! 4y

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Ruthiella @LeahBergen I was intimidated at first (Proust comparisons 😱) but found them to be really accessible. 4y

Andrew65 @Ruthiella Totally. 4y

merelybookish Great choice!! 4y

Ruthiella @merelybookish Thanks! 4y

CarolynM Like @LeahBergen I've contemplated these (I even have a copy of volume 1 somewhere) but never read them. I'd be interested to compare this series with Strangers and Brothers. 4y

Ruthiella @CarolynM Yes! I thought the same thing when I saw your post on the CP Snow books. 4y

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EadieB

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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!

Eggs

Ruthiella I loved these books. The WWII ones were the most affecting for me personally, but all were marvelous. 😍 5y

EadieB @Ruthiella I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed these books! 5y

Eggs These sound amazing❣️ 5y

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EadieB @Eggs Very interesting books! 5y

rwmg I read them in the 1980s. I was told they were a roman à clef and just got turned off because I didn't know who any of the people were and so felt excluded. 5y

EadieB @rwmg Wiki does address this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AA_Dance_to_the_Music_of_Timehickleberrypunc... 5y

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Booksnchill

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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My 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???

Hooked_on_books Wow, that‘s quite an accomplishment! 5y

Chrissyreadit Wow! 5y

Booksnchill @Hooked_on_books thanks- each volume is around 270 pages so not all that bad. 5y

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Booksnchill @Chrissyreadit Thanks! 5y

Leftcoastzen Wow , I just found a set not too long ago, maybe 2020 is my year to read them. 5y

Booksnchill @Leftcoastzen if you like podcasts look up the one from Backlisted for December 2018 where they talk about doing this one per month- that will let you know if you would enjoy it! 5y

Lcsmcat I‘ll join you in Proust if you can wait to start til February. 5y

Booksnchill @Lcsmcat I planned on reading How Proust can Change your life by Alain de Botton in January to see if I have the desire- also I think that the Backlisted podcast for December may be about Proust- they are what started me on Powell last December. My plan was 1 of the 6 volumes every 2 months (I have actually read Swann‘s Way twice and enjoyed it). I am going with the new Penguin translations last one not out yet. If that sounds good let‘s do it! 5y

Lcsmcat @Booksnchill I‘m in, but I don‘t know if I‘ll read that translation, an older one, or attempt to read them in the original. It‘ll depend on how 2020 is going. 😀 5y

Nute Wow! That is an amazing accomplishment! 5y

Booksnchill @Lcsmcat how lucky that you can read without translation! That will make for interesting comparisons. I look forward to comparing thoughts! 5y

Lcsmcat @Booksnchill It takes me more time, but I can read French much better than I speak it. 5y

arubabookwoman Congratulations on meeting your challenge. I tried Proust once, loved the books I read, but only got about half way through. Would love to try again, so please keep me posted as well. 5y

BarbaraBB Congrats on The Dance! I read it in a year as well and loved it. The next year I started Proust with @JenniferP, that was 2017 and she managed to read him in that year. I am still not finished but the good news is, I have reached the last installment. Good luck 👍🏼 (edited) 5y

Booksnchill @BarbaraBB good to know as I dive in! 5y

Booksnchill @arubabookwoman will do! 5y

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Leftcoastzen

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

#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.

batsy Score! I've been curious about these books 5y

BarbaraBB They are really good! I hope you‘ll read them! 5y

merelybookish Beautiful! 5y

Reviewsbylola Great find! 5y

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Eyejaybee

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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

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BarbaraBB

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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

Cinfhen, Marchpane

Cinfhen Wowza!!! 7y

shawnmooney I once thought I'd like to take this on, but now I'm not so sure. I should at least try the first one, hey? Have you read the series? 7y

merelybookish So pretty! So big. 😬 7y

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DebinHawaii Holy Moly! 😮 7y

BarbaraBB @shawnmooney I have. There are 12 installments, I read one in between other books so it took me over a year. But I think it was worth it, it really grows on you! 7y

Ms_T I really, REALLY like the look of this! 7y

BarbaraBB @Ms_T Try it! It's pretty addictive. 7y

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BarbaraBB

A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter | Anthony Powell

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Wow. 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

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