Venusberg

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Venusberg is a satirical early novel by British author Anthony Powell, set in a fictional Central European country and exploring the foibles of expatriate society.

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Venusberg canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ
cultural misunderstandings ⓘ
romantic disillusionment ⓘ
follows Afternoon Men ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Chepstow ⓘ
Croucher ⓘ
Dmitri ⓘ
linked to: Dimitri

Lucy ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Lushington ⓘ
hasPageCount approximately 250 pages ⓘ
hasReputation minor classic of Powell’s early work ⓘ
hasSettingElement diplomatic community ⓘ
journalistic milieu ⓘ
hasStructure linear narrative ⓘ
hasStyle dry humour ⓘ
understated prose ⓘ
hasTargetAudience adult readers ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin mythological Venusberg of European legend ⓘ
hasTone detached ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
isFollowedBy From a View to a Death ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century British literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Anthony Powell early novels ⓘ
publicationYear 1932 ⓘ
publisher Duckworth ⓘ
setting fictional Central European country ⓘ
theme expatriate society ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
social satire ⓘ

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Anthony Powell → notableWork → Venusberg ⓘ