What’s Become of Waring

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"What’s Become of Waring" is a satirical novel by Anthony Powell that explores literary celebrity, publishing, and social pretensions in interwar London.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Anthony Powell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy A Question of Upbringing ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasFictionalCharacter Beryl Tolland ⓘ
J. G. Tolland ⓘ
Roberta Payne ⓘ
T. T. Waring ⓘ
hasISBN 9780226677181 ⓘ
hasMotif gossip ⓘ
mystery surrounding an author ⓘ
publishing house politics ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
hasPageCount approx. 320 ⓘ
hasReissue Arrow Books edition ⓘ
linked to: Arrow Books

University of Chicago Press edition ⓘ
hasStyle dry wit ⓘ
understated comedy ⓘ
hasSubject book publishing ⓘ
literary hoaxes ⓘ
middle-class society ⓘ
isInCanonOf Anthony Powell’s pre–Dance novels ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement British modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
literaryPeriod interwar period ⓘ
mainTheme authorship ⓘ
literary celebrity ⓘ
publishing industry ⓘ
reputation ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of interwar London society ⓘ
satire of the literary world ⓘ
partOf Anthony Powell early novels ⓘ
precededBy The Happy Captive ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher Cassell ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingTime interwar London ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
ironic ⓘ

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Anthony Powell → notableWork → What’s Become of Waring ⓘ