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A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement
Classic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction

A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement

by Anthony Powell
1951 · 718 pages · Fiction
46 Classic ★ 3.93 on Goodreads · 5K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

On 2 canon lists, including TIME All-TIME 100 Novels. 3.93★ from 5K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

46Must-Read Score
  • Critics74 out of 100 · counts 35%+29
  • Readers30 out of 100 · counts 50%+17
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.

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Epic, Moving

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