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______________________________ 'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN A Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers. In this sixth volume, with Britain on the brink of war yet again, Nick Jenkins reflects back on his childhood growing up in the shadow of World War I. Wanting to follow in his father's footsteps, Nick sets his sights on becoming an officer in the Army, and asks his old school friend Widmerpool, who is gaining prominence in the business world, if he will help him. But reserves lists are quickly filling up with names, and it's not long until the threat of war is the one thing on everyone's mind. ______________________________ These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed here.
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11 primary books#10 in A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a 11-book series with 12 primary works first released in 1952 with contributions by Anthony Powell.
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Ten books into Powell's 12 novel Dance to the Music of Time cycle and the quality has not slipped. This novel sequence isn't talked about much (compared to Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, or even Song of Ice and Fire) but it is a great accomplishment and deserves status as possibly the greatest novel sequence in English. Subtle, light in tone and incredibly insightful psychologically, it is an extraordinary document of life in Britain in the fifty years 1921-1951, encompassing the literary and music worlds, politics, war and romance and much else. Highly recommended.
‰ЫПThe General, speaking one felt with authority, always insisted that, if you bring off adequate preservation of your personal myth, nothing much else in life matters. It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them.‰Ыќ
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“Neat, sad, geared perfectly in outward appearance to the sombre nature of the occasion, Tolland stood, head slightly bent, gazing at the damp grass beneath his feet. He had once admitted to having travelled as far as Singapore. One wondered how he had ever managed to get there and back again.”
