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{2026 -- A Dance to the Music of Time} February (A Buyer's Market)


February 2026 -- A Buyer's Market
(Book 2 in Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time)

Story Timeline: 1928 or 1929

Published in 1952

does anyone know if contemporary readers knew, when these first novels were published, that this was intended as a 12 part saga?

Phil wrote: "does anyone know if contemporary readers knew, when these first novels were published, that this was intended as a 12 part saga?"

This is what AI says:

"No, A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell was not originally intended to be 12 books. While planned as a long sequence, it grew significantly from an initial idea of perhaps three or four volumes to eight or nine by 1956, only settling on the final 12-book structure around 1962."

The narrator seems to fall in love with every girl he meets.

After a bit of a struggle to get into the second volume, I’ve started liking it though there are times I don’t get what the author is trying to say.

in my review I said that these books are like I'd imagine PG Wodehouse would write if he included no jokes, or any interesting characters or situations.

I just bought great used copies of Movements Two, Three, and Four (I already own One). Each Movement contains three volumes.

So I guess here I go! Just starting Book 2, so I have some catching up to do. Is anyone else going for all 12?

I am though I slowed down quite a bit since finishing the first one before the end of January.

Part slog, part witty and entertaining. On to #3. I have some catching up to do!

Finished! Concentrated reading seems to get the book read. 3.75*