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Lady Violet Powell (March 13, 1912 - January 12, 2002), born Lady Violet Georgiana Pakenham, third daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford and Lady Mary Julia Child-Villiers (daughter of Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey), was a writer and critic. She married Anthony Powell (December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000) on December 1, 1934, at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, and is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in the novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time.

Books

Some of her books about writers are:

The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time
A Jane Austen Compendium: The Six Major Novels
The Constant Novelist: A Study of Margaret Kennedy, 1896-1967
Flora Annie Steel: Novelist of India
The Life of a Provincial Lady: A Study of E.M. Delafield and Her Works
Substantial Ghost, about Maude ffoulkes

Autobiography

Five Out of Six (a reference to her place amongst her siblings)
Within the Family Circle
The Departure Platform

References

Obituary in The Telegraph

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	'''Lady Violet ~~Georgiana Pakenham~~''' ([[March 13]], [[1912]] - [[January 12]], [[2002]]), third daughter of [[Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford]] and [[Lady Mary Julia Child-Villiers]] (daughter of [[Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey]]), was a writer and critic. She married [[Anthony Powell]] ([[December 21]], [[1905]] - [[March 28]], [[2000]]) on [[December 1]], [[1934]], at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, and is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in the novel sequence [[A Dance to the Music of Time]].		'''Lady Violet Powell''' ([[March 13]], [[1912]] - [[January 12]], [[2002]]), born Lady Violet Georgiana Pakenham, third daughter of [[Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford]] and [[Lady Mary Julia Child-Villiers]] (daughter of [[Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey]]), was a writer and critic. She married [[Anthony Powell]] ([[December 21]], [[1905]] - [[March 28]], [[2000]]) on [[December 1]], [[1934]], at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, and is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in the novel sequence [[A Dance to the Music of Time]].

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