Books Do Furnish a Room

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Books Do Furnish a Room is a novel by British author Anthony Powell, part of his multi-volume sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time," exploring post–World War II literary and social life in England.

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Books Do Furnish a Room canonical 4

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores postwar literary circles in London ⓘ
shifts in class and status after World War II ⓘ
featuresCharacter Kenneth Widmerpool ⓘ
Pamela Widmerpool ⓘ
X. Trapnel ⓘ
followedByWork Temporary Kings ⓘ
followsWork The Military Philosophers ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasCentralMotif books ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
writing ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin quotation about books furnishing a room ⓘ
hasWorkType sequence novel ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySeriesSegment fourth movement of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
literaryStyle ironic ⓘ
observational ⓘ
mainCharacter Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
partOf 20th-century British literature ⓘ
partOfSeries A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
protagonist Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
publicationDecade 1970s ⓘ
publisher Heinemann ⓘ
sequencePosition first novel in the postwar movement of the sequence ⓘ
seriesNumber 10 ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingPeriod post–World War II ⓘ
theme friendship ⓘ
literary life ⓘ
memory ⓘ
postwar society ⓘ
publishing industry ⓘ
social change ⓘ

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Anthony Powell → notableWork → Books Do Furnish a Room ⓘ
A Dance to the Music of Time → hasPart → Books Do Furnish a Room ⓘ
The Military Philosophers → followedBy → Books Do Furnish a Room ⓘ
Temporary Kings → follows → Books Do Furnish a Room ⓘ