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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
42
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
43
Some Do Not (Ford Madox Ford)
Some Do Not
Ford Madox Ford
44
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
45
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
46
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
47
Finding Time Again (Marcel Proust)
Finding Time Again
Marcel Proust
48
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
49
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht
50
Last Post (Ford Madox Ford)
Last Post
Ford Madox Ford
51
Mario and the Magician (Thomas Mann)
Mario and the Magician
Thomas Mann
52
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann
53
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
54
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
55
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
56
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers
Hermann Broch
57
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers
Thomas Mann
58
Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
Blood Wedding
Federico García Lorca
59
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
André Malraux
60
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
Mephisto
Klaus Mann
61
Moses and Monotheism (Sigmund Freud)
Moses and Monotheism
Sigmund Freud
62
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
63
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
64
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
65
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood
66
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
67
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage & Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
68
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
69
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers
Thomas Mann
70
The Glass Bead Game (Herman Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
Herman Hesse
71
Life of Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Life of Galileo
Bertolt Brecht
72
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
Hermann Broch
73
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
74
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
Jean-Paul Sartre
75
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre
76
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
77
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
Thomas Mann
78
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
79
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
Samuel Beckett
80
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
Samuel Beckett
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