A Dance to the Music of Time (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Powell
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1914-1971
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism, Satire
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, World War II, Novelists, Fortune-telling or fortune-tellers, Politicians, London, Human behavior, Fate or fatalism, Composers, Time, Counterculture, Tarot
- Locales: London, England, Venice, Italy
Places Discussed
Public school. School that Jenkins attends as a boy. A British “public school” is equivalent to an American private school; parents pay fees, and only parents with some financial resources are able to afford them. Jenkins’s school is unnamed, suggesting that it is not meant to represent one of the great schools of England—such as Eton or Harrow. However, it appears to be of some distinction, as most of its boys are of the affluent middle class, and some have connections with the aristocracy.
The school is a late childhood version of English...
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