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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
41
E.M. Forster
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
42
Thomas Mann
Some Do Not (Ford Madox Ford)
Some Do Not
43
Ford Madox Ford
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
44
Virginia Woolf
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
45
Franz Kafka
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
46
Hermann Hesse
Finding Time Again (Marcel Proust)
Finding Time Again
47
Marcel Proust
The Decline of the West, Vol 2:Perspectives of World-History (Oswald Spengler)
The Decline of the West, Vol 2:Perspectives of World-History
48
Oswald Spengler
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera
49
Bertolt Brecht
Last Post (Ford Madox Ford)
Last Post
50
Ford Madox Ford
Mario and the Magician (Thomas Mann)
Mario and the Magician
51
Thomas Mann
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
52
Alfred Döblin, Tr. Michael Hofmann
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
53
Erich Maria Remarque
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
54
Sigmund Freud
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
55
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers
56
Hermann Broch
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers
57
Thomas Mann
Blood Wedding (Federico García Lorca)
Blood Wedding
58
Federico García Lorca
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
59
André Malraux
Mephisto (Klaus  Mann)
Mephisto
60
Klaus Mann
Moses and Monotheism (Sigmund Freud)
Moses and Monotheism
61
Sigmund Freud
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
62
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
63
James Joyce
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
64
John Steinbeck
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
65
Christopher Isherwood
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
66
Graham Greene
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage & Her Children
67
Bertolt Brecht
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
68
Albert Camus
Joseph and His Brothers (Thomas Mann)
Joseph and His Brothers
69
Thomas Mann
The Glass Bead Game (Herman Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
70
Herman Hesse
Life of Galileo (Bertolt Brecht)
Life of Galileo
71
Bertolt Brecht
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
72
Hermann Broch
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
73
George Orwell
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
74
Jean-Paul Sartre
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
75
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
76
Albert Camus
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
77
Thomas Mann
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
78
George Orwell
Molloy (Samuel Beckett)
Molloy
79
Samuel Beckett
Malone Dies (Samuel Beckett)
Malone Dies
80
Samuel Beckett
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