A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell

A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid 20th century.

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The 233rd greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 4th on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
2. - 32nd on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
3. - 36th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
4. - 43rd on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
5. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
6. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	A Dance to the Music of Time: All Four Movements (4 Volume Set)	Paperback	6687641		$49.00	1995
	A Question of Upbringing	Hardcover	1710126		$46.80
	A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement (3 Vols in 1)	Hardcover	697267	$104.08	$38.00
	Dance to the Music of Time	Paperback	5388393		$14.49
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement (3 Vols in 1)	Hardcover	1394799	$99.02	$11.93
	At Lady Molly's. A Dance to the Music of Time, Volume 4	Paperback	4518442		$20.49
	At Lady Molly's	Mass Market Paperback	5048087		$3.95
	Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement	Hardcover	1407597	$64.45	$21.33
	At Lady Molly's (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	6132283	$26.45	$26.44
	A Buyer's Market (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	1264991		$27.70
	A Buyer's Market	Mass Market Paperback	6331320		$1.56
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement (3 Vols in 1)	Hardcover	1458697	$76.54	$4.83
	The Military Philosophers	Paperback	4670694	$10.58	$10.58	2005
	Dance to the Music of Time: Spring	Paperback	4966504	$14.92	$4.84	1997
	A Question of Upbringing	Hardcover	8275159		$17.82
	Dance to the Music of Time	Paperback	6030755	$199.00	$79.95
	A BUYER'S MARKET.	Hardcover	3712980		$2.00
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (A Dance to the Music of Time, Book 5)	Paperback	4530742	$52.77	$0.99
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (Isis (Hardcover Large Print))	Hardcover	5853342	$1,385.04	$20.10
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	Mass Market Paperback	6951906		$1.88
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time) by Anthony Powell (2005-08-23)	Paperback	2095793	$37.36	$24.32
	Temporary Kings (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	3964547	$13.17	$8.97	2005
	Dance to the Music of Time (12 Books in 4 Volumes, complete)	Paperback	10375479
	The Acceptance World	Paperback	1683366		$2.29
	The Acceptance World	Mass Market Paperback	3894599		$5.94
	THE ACCEPTANCE WORLD.	Hardcover	5131545		$9.41
	The Acceptance World (A Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	4102861	$87.00	$0.01
	The Acceptance World (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	11092422	$23.36	$2.39
	Hearing Secret Harmonies	Hardcover	5386148	$65.72	$0.01
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Flamingo)	Paperback	10298508		$0.98	1983
	A Question of Upbringing (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	9298105	$29.99	$36.90	1998
	A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement	Audible Audio Edition	53598	$29.95		2010
	Hearing secret harmonies: A novel (His A dance to the music of time)	Paperback	12776809		$0.97
	The Acceptance World (Vol 3)	Paperback	5650921	$8.90	$0.98	2005
	The Soldier's Art	Paperback	806125	$10.52	$10.97	2005
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement	Audible Audiobook	147924	$29.99		2010
	TEMPORARY KINGS.	Hardcover	12571647		$8.99
	A question of upbringing: A novel (A Dance to the music of time)	Paperback	2530414		$0.79
	Temporary Kings : A Novel	Mass Market Paperback	9594529		$1.38
	At Lady Molly's (Flamingo)	Paperback	11438207		$0.01
	The Kindly Ones : Volume Six of a Dance to the Music of Time	Mass Market Paperback	7628133		$6.00
	At Lady Molly's	Hardcover	11825925		$8.99
	A BUYER'S MARKET.	Hardcover	7136884
	A Buyer's Market (Dance to the Music of Time, No 9)	Paperback	4496070	$58.02	$0.01
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	Hardcover	7940906		$7.27
	The Kindly Ones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	7842645	$10.76	$1.87	2005
	The Acceptance World	Mass Market Paperback	7471336		$0.16
	Temporary Kings (Dance to the Music of Time)	Mass Market Paperback	7931737	$963.99	$0.01	1986
	The Kindly Ones	Hardcover	7663217		$8.78
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	Paperback	11998859		$7.39
	A Dance to Music Time: Volume 3, Autumn	Paperback	7680799		$0.99
	The Valley of Bones	Paperback	3819622	$10.12	$6.34	2005
	Valley of Bones	Hardcover	3732435		$6.00
	Valley of Bones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	4463401	$82.82	$1.79
	The Valley of Bones	Mass Market Paperback	7634094		$0.01
	Books Do Furnish a Room (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	5857699		$7.41
	The Military Philosophers (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	10928445	$69.99	$0.01
	Books Do Furnish a Room (Flamingo)	Paperback	5744644		$0.76
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter v. 4	Paperback	908689		$0.77
	Books Do Furnish a Room	Paperback	8052693		$3.24
	At Lady Molly's	Hardcover	9749729		$24.94
	Temporary kings	Hardcover	10659613	$216.39	$1.25
	Temporary Kings (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	11738010	$35.50	$31.17	1999
	Kindly Ones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	8750511	$22.90	$0.49	1983
	The Kindly Ones: Book 6 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	368301			2010
	The Kindly Ones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	2862815	$37.46	$37.12
	The Kindly Ones	Mass Market Paperback	2940061		$20.00
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	7224393	$89.82	$2.61	1975
	Buyer's Market	Paperback	10269841		$16.73
	The Kindly Ones	Hardcover	7969552		$3.49
	Books Do Furnish a Room	Hardcover	3304811	$95.41	$3.48
	Books Do Furnish a Room (A Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	4869098		$0.60
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement	Audible Audio Edition	81983	$29.95		2010
	BUYER'S MARKET (FLAMINGO S.)	Paperback	7686564		$0.01
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	5045226	$9.42	$1.37	2005
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	Paperback	8520974		$0.01
	At Lady Molly's (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	7066711		$0.74
	A Buyer's Market	Hardcover	13347137		$89.95
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant.	Paperback	12487178		$0.71
	The Kindly Ones	Paperback	7012807		$11.00
	The Kindly Ones (Volume 6 of A Dance to the Music of Time)	Mass Market Paperback	8235422		$4.24
	Books do Furnish a Room	Paperback	11725723		$1.54
	A Buyer's Market (Penguin 1729)	Paperback	9615331		$3.28
	A QUESTION OF UPBRINGING	Paperback	4069752		$14.28
	At Lady Molly's	Paperback	11910272		$0.02
	At Lady Molly's (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	10665956		$6.99
	Books Do Furnish a Room (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	2915159	$11.07	$9.94	2005
	A Buyer's Market	Hardcover	8646581		$198.99
	At Lady Molly's	Paperback	13296344		$2.95
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	Hardcover	7923320		$3.35
	A Dance to the Music of Time - Summer	Hardcover	779959		$65.00	2007
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Fourth Movement	Paperback	474195	$13.00	$2.75	1995
	At Lady Molly's: A Novell (A Dance to the Music of Time, Book 4) by Anthony Powell (2005-04-26)	Paperback	1383128	$13.16	$9.56
	The Acceptance World	Hardcover	6623490		$4.69
	The Acceptance World (Volume 3 of A Dance to the Music of Time)	Mass Market Paperback	11629048		$3.95
	The Acceptance World	Hardcover	12664386		$59.00
	The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time	Hardcover	913186	$919.40	$24.95	1987
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time)	Mass Market Paperback	673074	$47.99	$4.99	1986
	The Military Philosophers (Isis Large Print Fiction)	Hardcover	11165309	$31.95	$27.92
	The Military Philosophers -	Hardcover	10429142	$500.00	$6.99
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement by Powell Anthony (1995-05-31) Paperback	Paperback	879585	$31.29	$13.28
	A Question of Upbringing (A Dance To the Music of Time #1)	Paperback	1279709	$107.89	$6.35	1985
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	3727974	$8.38	$7.74	2005
	Casanova's Chinese Restaurant: Book 5 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	714800	$7.49		2010
	Casanova's Chinese restaurant, a novel	Hardcover	13777929		$2.75
	The Valley of Bones: A Novel.	Hardcover	4515073		$25.00	1964
	The valley of bones (Dance to the music of time)	Paperback	12038495		$2.00
	The Valley of Bones	Hardcover	7174358	$47.16	$3.49
	The Valley of Bones	Paperback	13512988		$4.95
	The Valley of Bones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	13752631		$0.92	1983
	At Lady Molly's: A Novell (A Dance to the Music of Time, Book 4)	Paperback	6111391	$9.55	$9.13	2005
	Temporary Kings: Book 11 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	552053	$7.49		2010
	A Question of Upbringing: A Novel (A Dance to the Music of Time, Book 1)	Paperback	1482373	$8.90	$4.63	2005
	A Buyer's Market: A Novel (A Dance to the Music of Time, Book 2)	Paperback	2692635	$9.63	$14.79	2005
	Books Do Furnish a Room (Isis Large Print Fiction)	Hardcover	5394369	$31.95	$3.34
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement	Paperback	727612	$18.61	$3.56	1995
	Books Do Furnish a Room: Book 10 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	530617	$7.49		2010
	The Military Philosophers	Hardcover	10786517		$14.40
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	10719356		$0.01	1977
	The Valley of Bones (A Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	9043826		$21.94
	The Military Philosophers	Hardcover	8941428	$90.90	$1.79
	The Military Philosophers (A Dance to the Music of our Time)	Mass Market Paperback	11243110	$59.87	$10.00
	Hearing Secret Harmonies: Book 12 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	618690	$7.49		2010
	The Soldier's Art	Mass Market Paperback	5732213		$3.00
	The Soldier's Art	Hardcover	9653747		$1.66
	The Soldier's Art: Book 8 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	695221	$7.49		2010
	At Lady Molly's: Book 4 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	582453	$7.49		2010
	A Dance To The Music Of Time: Fourth Movement: Three Books In One Volume: Books Do Furnish A Room, Temporary Kings, Hearing Secret Harmonies	Hardcover	10568667		$15.20
	The Valley of Bones: Book 7 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	760917	$7.49		2010
	At Lady Molly's	Paperback	8178104		$0.01
	Books do furnish a room	Paperback	8404352		$0.83
	Hearing Secret Harmonies.	Hardcover	9160292	$68.00	$15.95
	Kindly Ones (Dance to the Music of Time)	Paperback	5500473		$1.89
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Dance to the Music of Time)	Hardcover	3708552	$41.63	$0.01	1999
	Soldier's Art (Dance to the Music of Time 08) by Powell, Anthony (2005) Paperback	Paperback	5214001	$13.53	$23.55
	The Military Philosophers: Book 9 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	830183	$7.49		2010
	The Acceptance World: Book 3 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	409670	$7.49		2010
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement	Paperback	274535	$15.90	$3.24	1995
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter, Vol. 4	Paperback	7721540	$14.28	$12.09	1997
	A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter v. 4	Paperback	7500430		$2.30	1991
	A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement	Paperback	443498	$15.99	$3.30	1995
	A Question of Upbringing: Book 1 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	602416	$7.49		2010
	Hearing Secret Harmonies (Music of Time Series)	Hardcover	11275594		$47.51
	A Buyer's Market: Book 2 of A Dance to the Music of Time	Kindle Edition	662118	$7.49		2010
	A Buyer's Market	Mass Market Paperback	13102430		$7.00