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Literature Mostly From the First Half of the 20th Century

The books on this list are in chronological order by date of publication and span the years 1872- 1955. The challenge highlights the work of European, particularly German, authors. I have provided some checkpoint dates below for those who might be interested.
1876: Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
1892: Ibsen - The Master Builder
1895: Fontane - Effi Briest
1901: Chekhov - Three Sisters
1905: Wharton - The House of Mirth
1915: Kafka - Metamorphosis
1918: Spengler: The Decline of the West, part 1
1922: Eliot - The Waste Land
1925: Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
1929: Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front
1933: Malraux - Man's Fate
1938: Sartre - Nausea
1939: Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
1942: Camus - The Stranger
1943: Hesse - The Glass Bead Game
1947: Mann - Doctor Faustus
1949: Orwell - 1984
1952: Beckett - Waiting for Godot
1955: Nabokov - Lolita
Note: Joseph & His Brothers is duplicated - 1st icon for first part & 2nd icon for 4th part
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The Birth of Tragedy (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Birth of Tragedy
1
Friedrich Nietzsche
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Before Daybreak (Gerhart Hauptmann)
Before Daybreak
3
Gerhart Hauptmann
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
4
Oscar Wilde
The Master Builder (Henrik Ibsen)
The Master Builder
5
Henrik Ibsen
Effi Briest (Theodor Fontane)
Effi Briest
6
Theodor Fontane
The Seagull (Anton Chekhov)
The Seagull
7
Anton Chekhov
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
8
Sigmund Freud
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
9
Joseph Conrad
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
10
Thomas Mann
Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
11
Anton Chekhov
The Immoralist (André Gide)
The Immoralist
12
André Gide
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
13
Henry James
Tonio Kröger (Thomas Mann)
Tonio Kröger
14
Thomas Mann
Professor Unrat/The Blue Angel (Heinrich Mann)
Professor Unrat/The Blue Angel
15
Heinrich Mann
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
16
Edith Wharton
The Man of Property (John Galsworthy)
The Man of Property
17
John Galsworthy
New Poems (Rainer Maria Rilke)
New Poems
18
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Little Town (Heinrich Mann)
The Little Town
19
Heinrich Mann
Strait Is the Gate (André Gide)
Strait Is the Gate
20
André Gide
Royal Highness (Thomas Mann)
Royal Highness
21
Thomas Mann
Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
22
E.M. Forster
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
23
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Play of Everyman: Based on the Old English Morality Play (Hugo Von Hofmannsthal)
The Play of Everyman: Based on the Old English Morality Play
24
Hugo Von Hofmannsthal
Atlantis (Gerhart Hauptmann)
Atlantis
25
Gerhart Hauptmann
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann, Trans. David Luke)
Death in Venice
26
Thomas Mann, Trans. David Luke
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
27
James Joyce
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
28
Franz Kafka
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
29
Ford Madox Ford
The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf)
The Voyage Out
30
Virginia Woolf
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
31
D.H. Lawrence
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
32
James Joyce
Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (Thomas Mann)
Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man
33
Thomas Mann
The Loyal Subject (Heinrich Mann)
The Loyal Subject
34
Heinrich Mann
The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality (Oswald Spengler)
The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality
35
Oswald Spengler
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
36
James Joyce
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
37
T.S. Eliot
Drums in the Night (Bertolt Brecht)
Drums in the Night
38
Bertolt Brecht
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
39
Rainer Maria Rilke
Sonnets to Orpheus (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Sonnets to Orpheus
40
Rainer Maria Rilke
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