September approaches. We have effectively aimed for a September 1st start date by, er, no-one actually starting in August.
I've given some thought to the rules. Here we go:
1. Read a volume a month for the next 12 months (catch-ups allowed)
2. Write at least one blog entry a month, ideally when you have finished
3. Don't write plot spoilers until everyone is finished
4. Write other blog entries on a Powellian theme or about your (lack of) progress at any time
I have my bumper three volumes in a book. I am ready for the Autumn.
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A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. It has sometimes, erroneously, been referred to as a roman à clef. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. In 2008/09, following a similar and (for the most part) successful attempt to read Proust, we finally got around to it.
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Splendid. Nice, simple rules. Particularly happy about the ban on plot spoiling... not a problem we really had with Proust given the lack of one for much of the novel.
I went on a trawl of Oxford charity shops for a copy just the other day with no luck. But yes, plan sounds spiffing. Perhaps we should aim for a monthly pub visit as well...
When you have finished what?
When you have finished what?
The volume for that month.
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