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Literature Mostly From the First Half of the 20th Century - Page 2

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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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
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Some Do Not (Ford Madox Ford)
Some Do Not (Ford Madox Ford)
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
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Finding Time Again (Marcel Proust)
Finding Time Again (Marcel Proust)
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The Decline of the West, Vol 2:Perspectives of World-History (Oswald Spengler)
The Decline of the West, Vol 2:Perspectives of World-History (Oswald Spengler)
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The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
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Last Post (Ford Madox Ford)
Last Post (Ford Madox Ford)
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Mario and the Magician (Thomas Mann)
Mario and the Magician (Thomas Mann)
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann)
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
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Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
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The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
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The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
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Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
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Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
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Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
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Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
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Moses and Monotheism (Sigmund Freud)
Moses and Monotheism (Sigmund Freud)
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Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
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The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
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Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
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The Glass Bead Game (Herman Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game (Herman Hesse)
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Life of Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Life of Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
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The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
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Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
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Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
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