The Kindly Ones

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The Kindly Ones is a novel in Anthony Powell’s multi-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time," continuing his satirical exploration of British society in the mid-20th century.

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The Kindly Ones canonical 5

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1962 ⓘ
followedBy The Valley of Bones ⓘ
follows Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
hasCharacter Charles Stringham ⓘ
Hugh Moreland ⓘ
Jean Templer ⓘ
Kenneth Widmerpool ⓘ
Mark Members ⓘ
Mona Moreland ⓘ
Pamela Widmerpool ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-09-947248-3 ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 240–260 pages ⓘ
hasReception critically acclaimed as part of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
hasSubject British society ⓘ
World War II background ⓘ
hasWorkInSeriesPhase Second Movement of A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
isSatireOf English upper-middle-class life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar British literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Nicholas Jenkins ⓘ
originalPublisherCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
partOfSeries A Dance to the Music of Time ⓘ
publisher Heinemann ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Cape
recurringTheme class and social mobility ⓘ
memory and reflection ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
social change in Britain ⓘ
seriesNumberInA Dance to the Music of Time 6 ⓘ
seriesType roman-fleuve ⓘ
settingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
settingPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
titleAllusion the Furies (Eumenides) from Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Erinyes

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Anthony Powell → notableWork → The Kindly Ones ⓘ
A Dance to the Music of Time → hasPart → The Kindly Ones ⓘ
The Wake → follows → The Kindly Ones ⓘ
Εὐμενίδες → alternateName → The Kindly Ones ⓘ