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