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24 books recommended for fans of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling, tied together by themes of Literary Figures, Social History, Modern, and Literary Criticism.

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Witness Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom — Ariel Burger

Witness Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

George Orwell’s Perverse Humanity Socialism and Free Speech — Glenn Burgess

George Orwell’s Perverse Humanity Socialism and Free Speech

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The Last Englishmen Love, War and the End of Empire — Deborah Baker

The Last Englishmen Love, War and the End of Empire

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The Snows of Yesteryear Portraits for an Autobiography — Gregor Rezzori

The Snows of Yesteryear Portraits for an Autobiography

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The Crichel Boys Scenes from England’s Last Literary Salon — Simon Fenwick

The Crichel Boys Scenes from England’s Last Literary Salon

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

One Pair of Hands — Monica Dickens

One Pair of Hands

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The Haunted Wood A History of Childhood Reading — Sam Leith

The Haunted Wood A History of Childhood Reading

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare — Jonathan Bate

Soul of the Age The Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Dinner with Joseph Johnson Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age — Daisy Hay

Dinner with Joseph Johnson Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Radical Wordsworth The Poet Who Changed the World — Jonathan Bate

Radical Wordsworth The Poet Who Changed the World

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

England in the Age of Dickens 1812-70 — Jeremy Black

England in the Age of Dickens 1812-70

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Victorians Undone Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum — Kathryn Hughes

Victorians Undone Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Among the Bohemians Experiments in Living 1900-1939 — Virginia Nicholson

Among the Bohemians Experiments in Living 1900-1939

Virginia Nicholson

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The Europeans Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture — Orlando Figes

The Europeans Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

The New Negro The Life of Alain Locke — Jeffrey C. Stewart

The New Negro The Life of Alain Locke

Jeffrey C. Stewart

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Christ Stopped at Eboli — Carlo Levi

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Themes: Literary Figures • Social History • Modern

Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century — Laura Beers

Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

The Uncommon Reader A Life of Edward Garnett — Helen Smith

The Uncommon Reader A Life of Edward Garnett

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas — Gertrude Stein

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

Agatha Christie — Cathy Cook

Agatha Christie

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

Mapping Norwood An Irish American Memoir — Charles Fanning

Mapping Norwood An Irish American Memoir

Charles Fanning

Themes: Social History • Modern • Literary Criticism

Oleander, Jacaranda A Childhood Perceived — Penelope Lively

Oleander, Jacaranda A Childhood Perceived

Penelope Lively

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

Pessoa An Experimental Life — Richard Zenith

Pessoa An Experimental Life

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

The Bughouse The Poetry, Politics and Madness of Ezra Pound — Daniel Swift

The Bughouse The Poetry, Politics and Madness of Ezra Pound

Themes: Literary Figures • Modern • Literary Criticism

Fans of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling will find 24 titles here, all united by Literary Figures, Social History, Modern. Authors represented include Ariel Burger, Glenn Burgess, DEBORAH BAKER, Gregor Rezzori, and others.

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