Anthony Powell

Humorous book about the British middle and upper classes;  Book 3 of series

Now a screenwriter at Warner Brothers' in Teddington, Nick is drawn into the world of Lady Molly and her numerous Tolland nieces and nephews, where he meets Isobel Tolland, his future wife.  Book 4 of series.

Nicholas Jenkins returns to his old university library during the winter of 1945 to undertake research for a book about Robert Burton. Quiggin is starting a literary magazine called Fission, which is to be funded by Erridge ... except that Erridge dies suddenly.  Book 10 of series.

The action takes place in London high society in the late 1920s, focusing on a handful of inter-connected events which illustrate the flowing and weaving nature of the passage of time.  Book 2 of series

The story follows the composer Hugh Moreland, his fiancee Matilda, and the critic Maclintick and his wife, Audrey, whose unhappy marriage forms a key part of the narrative.  Book 5 of series.

The decline and fall of Kenneth Widmerpool, told with comic precision.  Book 12 of series.

6th in series; Sequel to: 'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant' (2630) In the dying fall of the period between the wars, Nick is carried on the tide of events whilst seeking to do the honourable thing.

This book follows Nicholas Jenkins and a host of familiar and newer characters through the strains, absurdities and preoccupations of England at war.  Book 9 of series.

Four very different young men, Jenkins, a budding writer, Templer, a passionate womanizer, Stringham, aristocratic and restless, and intensely ambitious Widmerpool are on the threshold of manhood and, in the fever of the 1920s and early 30s gain their initiation into sex, society, business and art.  Book 1 of series.

Further episodes in the lives of the family and friends of narrator Nicholas Jenkins.  Book 8 of series.

The main characters, who are now middle-aged, meet up at a cultural conference in Venice.  Book 11 of series.

As stately homes are requisitioned by the armed forces the social hierarchy is rearranged. Personal traits, concealed in peacetime, emerge and individuals, propelled by force of will, take charge. Book 7 of series.