At Lady Molly's

At Lady Molly's is the fourth volume in Anthony Powell's twelve novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. A first person narrative, it is written in precise yet conversational prose. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1957, At Lady Molly's is set in England of the mid 1930's and is essentially a comedy of manners, but in the background the rise of Hitler and of worldwide Fascism are not ignored. The comedy is character driven and r... more

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Anthony Powell

Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE (December 21, 1905–March 28, 2000) was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. According to his memoirs, Powell rhymes with pole (not towel). Powell's major work has remained in print...

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