Bowen and Powell
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Annabel Davis-Goff
Elizabeth Bowen and Anthony Powell provide a record of British life—social, political, and cultural—from the end of the First World War until the 1960s.

Anthony Powell is England’s answer to Proust. In his celebrated 12-volume novel (of which we will read the first six volumes), Powell gives a full, fascinating, and entertaining view of 50 years of English history, society, and culture.

Elizabeth Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. Her novels describe political tension, love, and war. She is admired for her description of landscape, her descriptions of London during the Blitz, her use of light and time in evoking atmosphere, and her ability to depict the nuances of romance and small moments of social awkwardness.