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... Hearing Secret Harmonies - Powell's way of treating time has changed noticeably . For one thing , it is greatly foreshortened . The first nine volumes cover about a quarter of a century ; from 1921 , when Nicholas Jenkins is a schoolboy ...
... Hearing Secret Harmonies - Powell's way of treating time has changed noticeably . For one thing , it is greatly foreshortened . The first nine volumes cover about a quarter of a century ; from 1921 , when Nicholas Jenkins is a schoolboy ...
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... Hearing Secret Harmonies he does not observe , or know , enough ; he is not sufficiently convincing in his presentation of Widmerpool's bizarre final phase , in the harsh , alien settings of swinging England ; the treatment remains ...
... Hearing Secret Harmonies he does not observe , or know , enough ; he is not sufficiently convincing in his presentation of Widmerpool's bizarre final phase , in the harsh , alien settings of swinging England ; the treatment remains ...
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... Hearing Secret Harmonies , 239-42 ; The Kindly Ones , 120 , 121 , 128 , 151 ; The Military Philosophers , 118 , 121 , 131 ; The Music of Time , 104 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121-33 , 134 , 139 , 151 , 239-42 ; A Question of Upbringing , 121 ...
... Hearing Secret Harmonies , 239-42 ; The Kindly Ones , 120 , 121 , 128 , 151 ; The Military Philosophers , 118 , 121 , 131 ; The Music of Time , 104 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121-33 , 134 , 139 , 151 , 239-42 ; A Question of Upbringing , 121 ...
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