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20th Century Modern: Some of the English Teacher's Favorite Fiction and Drama - Page 3

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian lists 150 novels, short story collections, and plays from the modern and post-modern maelstrom that was the 20th century. He himself was born at mid century in 1951, and has used what he knew, what he saw, and what he was taught to compile a personal list that reflects the literary/theatrical tone of those times. The list is hardly exhaustive or definitive; he stopped at 150 because he felt that if he didn't, he might never stop. Hardest choices- whether to include bestsellers "Gone with the Wind", "Peyton Place", "The Exorcist", or "Jaws". He decided not to include any of them.
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The Lost Ones (Samuel Beckett)
The Lost Ones
81
Samuel Beckett
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
82
Shirley Jackson
Malone Dies (Beckett)
Malone Dies
83
Beckett
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
84
Dashiell Hammett
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
85
Philip K. Dick
The Man Outside (Wolfgang Borchert)
The Man Outside
86
Wolfgang Borchert
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
87
Jiri Weil
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury
88
John Dos Passos
Molloy (Beckett)
Molloy
89
Beckett
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
90
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
91
Ernest Hemingway
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
92
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
93
Norman Mailer
Napoleon Symphony (Anthony Burgess)
Napoleon Symphony
94
Anthony Burgess
The Night of the Hunter (Davis Grubb)
The Night of the Hunter
95
Davis Grubb
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
96
Jean-Paul Sartre
No Man's Land (Pinter)
No Man's Land
97
Pinter
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
98
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
99
Ernest Hemingway
Old Times (Harold Pinter)
Old Times
100
Harold Pinter
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
101
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
102
Thornton Wilder
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
103
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
104
Jerzy Kosinski
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
105
Albert Camus
Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)
Player Piano
106
Kurt Vonnegut
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
107
Joyce
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
108
The Power and the Glory (Greene, Graham)
The Power and the Glory
109
Greene, Graham
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
110
Graham Greene
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
111
John Updike
Radcliffe (David Storey)
Radcliffe
112
David Storey
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
113
E. L. Doctorow
The Real Thing (Tom Stoppard)
The Real Thing
114
Tom Stoppard
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
115
Daphne Du Maurier
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (A Play by Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
116
A Play by Tom Stoppard
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
117
Alan Sillitoe
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers
118
Alan Lemay
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
119
Joseph Conrad
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
120
Joseph Conrad
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