A Question of Upbringing - UK 2nd
First edition second impression from 1951 in VG+ condition, the book is near fine, pages clean, binding firm, no markings, the jacket has scuffing and minor loss to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics.
A Question of Upbringing
The opening novel inĀ Anthony Powell'sĀ A Dance to the Music of Time, a twelve-volume cycle spanning much of the 20th century.
Published in 1951, it begins the story of a trio of boys ā Nicholas Jenkins (the narrator), Charles Stringham, and Peter Templer ā who are friends at a nameless school (based upon Powell's public schoolĀ Eton College) and then move on to different paths. A fourth figure,Ā Kenneth Widmerpool, stands slightly apart from them, poised for greatness.
The title of the book had its origin in an incident in which Powell was a passenger in a car driven by his friend, the Old Etonian screenwriter Thomas Wilton ("Tommy") Phipps. Phipps and Powell found themselves driving straight towards an oncoming vehicle. Powell later recorded, "Seizing the hand-brake as we sped towards what seemed imminent collision, Phipps muttered to himself, 'This is just going to be a question of upbringing
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Description
First edition second impression from 1951 in VG+ condition, the book is near fine, pages clean, binding firm, no markings, the jacket has scuffing and minor loss to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics.
A Question of Upbringing
The opening novel inĀ Anthony Powell'sĀ A Dance to the Music of Time, a twelve-volume cycle spanning much of the 20th century.
Published in 1951, it begins the story of a trio of boys ā Nicholas Jenkins (the narrator), Charles Stringham, and Peter Templer ā who are friends at a nameless school (based upon Powell's public schoolĀ Eton College) and then move on to different paths. A fourth figure,Ā Kenneth Widmerpool, stands slightly apart from them, poised for greatness.
The title of the book had its origin in an incident in which Powell was a passenger in a car driven by his friend, the Old Etonian screenwriter Thomas Wilton ("Tommy") Phipps. Phipps and Powell found themselves driving straight towards an oncoming vehicle. Powell later recorded, "Seizing the hand-brake as we sped towards what seemed imminent collision, Phipps muttered to himself, 'This is just going to be a question of upbringing
