A classic with addictive potential! Scenes of youth: at the center is Nick Jenkins, an Eton graduate, and his sentimental education. Friends, adversaries, professors, ladies of various colors and backgrounds - just a few pages are enough, and we want to know everything about this Jenkins, his college friends, and their journey into the heart of a society that manages to compensate for the loss of the Empire in the most eccentric ways. Volume 1 of Anthony Powell's 12-volume masterpiece 'A Dance to the Music of Time': a British social panorama of unknown magnitude - a forgotten gem, monumental in scope and craftsmanship. Powell paints a multifaceted picture of the English upper class from the end of World War I to the late 1960s: an unparalleled wealth of fascinating characters, events, and deep insights into human nature. A master.