The Acceptance World

Anthony Powell

Published by Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1962

About this Item

Condition: Near Fine paperback. All pages intact, no inscr., nor tears, some discoloration on edges and cover because of the age of the book. Published in Penguin books 1962. A Penguin book 1730. The most exciting experiment in post-war English fiction. The Acceptance World is the third book of Anthony Powell's twelve novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. Nick Jenkins continues the narration of his life and encounters with friends and acquaintances in London, between 1931 and 1933. In his overview of Powell's novels, Understanding Anthony Powell, Nicholas Birns concludes, The world in which Jenkins seemed to find himself at the end of The Acceptance World is poised in an almost exact balance between satisfaction and sorrow. The novel is dedicated to British portrait and landscape painter, Adrian Daintrey. Seller Inventory # 000137

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Acceptance World

Publisher: Penguin Books, Great Britain

Publication Date: 1962

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket