Invitation To The Dance by Hilary Spurling - ISBN: 9780099484363
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Unlock Powell’s masterpiece: a guide to characters, places, and paintings.

Invitation To The Dance

a Handbook to Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2005

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Summary

An invaluable companion to A Dance to the Music of Time

A unique reference book for all fans of Anthony Powell’s 12-volume novel, A Dance to the Music of Time, which has become a literary landmark of twentieth-century writing. More than a simple glossary, Invitation to the Dance contains extensive Character, Book, Painting and Place indices, creating a magnificent database of Powell’s imagination and England’s cultural landscape. This is a masterpiece of ‘ex…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099484363
ISBN-10:0099484366
Author:Hilary Spurling
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:15 May 2005
Weight:246g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

Hilary Spurling’s exhaustive analysis of the novel’s characters supplies a master-key for the reader

Hilary Spurling’s exhaustive analysis of the novel’s characters supplies a master-key for the reader – Anthony Powell

About The Author

Hilary Spurling

Hilary Spurling won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for The Early Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1884-1919, and the Duff Cooper Prize and Heinemann Award for Secrets of a Woman’s Heart- The Later Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett 1920-1969. She is also the author of Elinor Fettiplace’s Receipt Book, Paper Spirits and The Girl from the Fiction Department- A Portrait of Sonia Orwell. She has been Arts and Literary Editor of the Spectator, and a regular reviewer for the Observer, the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph.

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