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Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time is an absolute masterpiece chronicling the decline of the English aristo class from WWI til the 1970s. Previous editions have covered an approximate decade but the third movement is more compact including only England's 6 war years. Jenkins is as enigmatic as ever: seemingly "in" but not "of" the class. As much an observer as a participant.
And no, there is no "action" if one means cataclysmic events. But if you are interested in reading about a time, or place and how life unfolds a reader can't do better then these books.

My one complaint is that Third Movement seems to drag a bit at points. The war brings together a motley assortment of folk: Gwatikin, Stayce and Blithel move in and out of the narrative with varying degrees of success. Powell's depiction of the banker in a heroic strut is pitch perfect and a wonderful example of the author's comic brilliance. Other characterizations felt less successful, but perhaps that is true only in comparison to the first two books. Mixing the interaction of different classes as war would felt a bit jarring but not doubt it is or was quite authentic.

If you are looking for a series that patiently follows a character and a class through almost half a century of epic change, you can't do better than A Dance to the Music of Time: First, Second and Third Movements.


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A Dance to the Music of Time Third Movement Anthony Powell 9780226677170 Books Reviews

Part 3 continues a story I've been reading to please a dear friend enmeshed in all things British! As critic
I still don't feel particularly confident or competent, though the rewards of patient and concentrated reading
have been considerable. Taken altogether, it is a kind of history of the British upper-class from World War I up

to 1970 (I'm told), and this is the World War II section, where we begin to feel the decline of that class. It
is nostalgic in the way that Chekhov and even Gone With the Wind are nostalgic, and we feel for these people
even as we know their day is--rightly--over. I've often wished it were not S0 understated or so VERY British or
that the author were just a bit interested in illuminating us outsiders about his own cultural milieu. His most
slippery character, a man called Widmerpool, is also his most memorable.

To lessen confusion, the reader should by all means begin with Part I ("First Movement").
Trying to assess the value of one novel out of a connected series of 12 is like one of the labors of Hercules. I like Powell. He often reminds me of Evelyn Waugh, for his tone and spirit are often satirical and ironical. It took him 25 years to complete this opus which covers about 40 years in English history but is not a history book as such. In fact it is more like what Northrop Frye called a literary encyclopedia. Try one or two to get the flavor, but if you think you might read more than you will absolutely need a guidebook for there are about 500 characters that appear and disappear and then appear again etc.,etc. The University of Chicago publishes the entire opus with 4 books - each book containing three novels. It's often a tough ride but I found it very rewarding.
The Third Movement of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time contains three volumes in which the narrator, Nicholas Jenkins has just joined the British Army `territorials' during World War II. This part of the Army is similar to today's US Army National Guard. The three volumes, The Valley of Bones, The Soldier's Art, and The Military Philosophers describe Nick's adventures in the military from enlistment to demobilization.

The three volumes are very interesting accounts of the unexpectedly hard work, arbitrary discipline, and desultory intrigue of the home bound officers in Great Britain during the War. The paper trail of all military activities is gruesome and there is very little room for error. There is opportunity for advancement, but only to more paper drudgery responsibility. Mistakes in conduct are often punished by personal humiliation and transfer to far off theaters of the War. As with any closed system, intrigue abounds with typical inane one-upmanship in the name of achievement of rank, pips on non-combat uniforms.

Powell captures the utter boredom of jobs in the Army, very limited opportunities for social life, and the physical fear related to the apparently random buzz bombing of London and the foreign assignments of some of Nick's acquaintances. Although generations apart, the experiences in the Third Movement remind me closely of my US Army experience in Berlin during the Vietnam War.

This Movement adds to the rich reading dance that spans so much time and area of Powell's great work. I look forward to reading the Fourth and final Movement of his grand novel, but I am already mourning the end of this wonderful living experience.
Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time is an absolute masterpiece chronicling the decline of the English aristo class from WWI til the 1970s. Previous editions have covered an approximate decade but the third movement is more compact including only England's 6 war years. Jenkins is as enigmatic as ever seemingly "in" but not "of" the class. As much an observer as a participant.
And no, there is no "action" if one means cataclysmic events. But if you are interested in reading about a time, or place and how life unfolds a reader can't do better then these books.

My one complaint is that Third Movement seems to drag a bit at points. The war brings together a motley assortment of folk Gwatikin, Stayce and Blithel move in and out of the narrative with varying degrees of success. Powell's depiction of the banker in a heroic strut is pitch perfect and a wonderful example of the author's comic brilliance. Other characterizations felt less successful, but perhaps that is true only in comparison to the first two books. Mixing the interaction of different classes as war would felt a bit jarring but not doubt it is or was quite authentic.

If you are looking for a series that patiently follows a character and a class through almost half a century of epic change, you can't do better than A Dance to the Music of Time First, Second and Third Movements.