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Anthony Powell

Born

in Westminster, London, England, The United Kingdom

December 21, 1905

Died

March 28, 2000

Genre

Fiction

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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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	A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1-3) 3.93 avg rating — 4,895 ratings — published 1955 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 4,959 ratings — published 1951 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #4-6) 4.29 avg rating — 1,795 ratings — published 1962 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #7-9) 4.27 avg rating — 1,772 ratings — published 1968 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement (A Dance to the Music of Time, #10-12) 4.23 avg rating — 1,617 ratings — published 1975 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Buyer's Market (A Dance to the Music of Time, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 1,649 ratings — published 1952 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Acceptance World (A Dance to the Music of Time, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 1,409 ratings — published 1955 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Lady Molly's (A Dance to the Music of Time, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 1957 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (A Dance to the Music of Time, #5) 4.08 avg rating — 1,171 ratings — published 1960 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6) 4.24 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 1962 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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