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She married [[Anthony Powell]] (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) on 1 December 1934 at All Saints Anglican Church, [[Ennismore Gardens]], [[Knightsbridge]]; they had two children, Tristram and John.<ref name=obit/> |
She married [[Anthony Powell]] (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) on 1 December 1934 at All Saints Anglican Church, [[Ennismore Gardens]], [[Knightsbridge]]; they had two children, Tristram and John.<ref name=obit/> |
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A member of a highly literary family, Lady Violet's brothers were [[Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford|Edward]] and [[Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford|Frank]], while her sisters included [[Lady Pansy Lamb|Pansy]] and [[Mary Clive|Mary Pakenham]]. She was herself a distinguished memoirist and biographer. Her ''The Life of a Provincial Lady'' (1988), on the life of [[E. M. Delafield]], has been called by one critic "one of the best [[Biography in literature|literary biographies]] of a British writer in the twentieth century". Those who knew the couple well believed that Lady Violet made significant contributions to the richness, depth and polish of her husband's work.<ref>Nicholas Birns, ''Understanding Anthony Powell'' (2004), p. 7</ref> She also wrote a biography of the English novelist [[Flora Annie Steel]].<ref name=Mannsaker1982>{{cite journal|last=Mannsaker|first=Frances M.|title=Flora Annie Steel, Novelist of India by Violet Powell|journal=Victorian Studies|date=Autumn 1982|volume=26|issue=1|pages=105–106|doi=10.2307/3827506|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3827506}}</ref> |
A member of a highly literary family, Lady Violet's brothers were [[Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford|Edward]] and [[Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford|Frank]], while her sisters included [[Lady Pansy Lamb|Pansy]] and [[Mary Clive|Mary Pakenham]]. She was herself a distinguished memoirist and biographer. Her ''The Life of a Provincial Lady'' (1988), on the life of [[E. M. Delafield]], has been called by one critic "one of the best [[Biography in literature|literary biographies]] of a British writer in the twentieth century".<ref name=Birns/> Those who knew the couple well believed that Lady Violet made significant contributions to the richness, depth and polish of her husband's work.<ref name=Birns>Nicholas Birns, ''Understanding Anthony Powell'' (2004), p. 7</ref> She also wrote a biography of the English novelist [[Flora Annie Steel]].<ref name=Mannsaker1982>{{cite journal|last=Mannsaker|first=Frances M.|title=Flora Annie Steel, Novelist of India by Violet Powell|journal=Victorian Studies|date=Autumn 1982|volume=26|issue=1|pages=105–106|doi=10.2307/3827506|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3827506}}</ref> |
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She is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in her husband's [[novel sequence]] ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]''<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Lady Violet Powell|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1381467/Lady-Violet-Powell.html|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=15 Jan 2002|ref=The Telegraph}}</ref>. |
She is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in her husband's [[novel sequence]] ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]''<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Lady Violet Powell|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1381467/Lady-Violet-Powell.html|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=15 Jan 2002|ref=The Telegraph}}</ref>. |
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Revision as of 22:07, 15 September 2014
Lady Violet Powell (13 March 1912 – 12 January 2002), born 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 was educated at St Margaret's School, Bushey.[1]
She married Anthony Powell (21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) on 1 December 1934 at All Saints Anglican Church, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge; they had two children, Tristram and John.[1]
A member of a highly literary family, Lady Violet's brothers were Edward and Frank, while her sisters included Pansy and Mary Pakenham. She was herself a distinguished memoirist and biographer. Her The Life of a Provincial Lady (1988), on the life of E. M. Delafield, has been called by one critic "one of the best literary biographies of a British writer in the twentieth century".[2] Those who knew the couple well believed that Lady Violet made significant contributions to the richness, depth and polish of her husband's work.[2] She also wrote a biography of the English novelist Flora Annie Steel.[3]
She is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in her husband's novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time[1].
Books
Some of her books are:
- The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time
- A Compton-Burnett Compendium
- 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 Irish Cousins: The Books and Background of Somerville and Ross
- The Life of a Provincial Lady: A Study of E.M. Delafield and Her Works
- Margaret, Countess of Jersey: A Biography
- A Substantial Ghost: The Literary Adventures of Maude ffoulkes
Autobiography
- Five Out of Six: An Autobiography (a reference to her birth order amongst her siblings)
- Within the Family Circle: An Autobiography
- The Departure Platform: An Autobiography
References
- ^ a b c "Lady Violet Powell". 15 January 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ a b Nicholas Birns, Understanding Anthony Powell (2004), p. 7
- ^ Mannsaker, Frances M. (Autumn 1982). "Flora Annie Steel, Novelist of India by Violet Powell". Victorian Studies. 26 (1): 105–106. doi:10.2307/3827506.
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