Series

Twentieth century classics

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29 books here · 1909–2004

Publication order

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Love and Mr. Lewisham · H. G. Wells

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Before the bombardment · Osbert Sitwell

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Mr. Beluncle · V. S. Pritchett

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Dr. Strangelove · Peter George

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The Fifth Queen · Ford Madox Ford

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The Mackerel Plaza · Peter De Vries

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The Small Back Room · Nigel Balchin

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King, Queen, Knave · Vladimir Nabokov

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Turbott Wolfe · William Plomer

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Kipps · H. G. Wells

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Buddenbrooks 1909 · Thomas Mann

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The root and the flower · Leopold Hamilton Myers

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Pale Fire · Vladimir Nabokov

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The woman in the dunes · Abe Kōbō

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The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge · Rainer Maria Rilke

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The metamorphosis and other stories · Franz Kafka

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The slaves of solitude 1947 · Patrick Hamilton

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Moravagine · Blaise Cendrars

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Elmer Gantry · Sinclair Lewis

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Manservant and Maidservant 1947 · Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Giovanni's Room · James Baldwin

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Three Novellas · D. H. Lawrence

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man · James Weldon Johnson

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Riceyman Steps · Arnold Bennett

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We · Евгений Иванович Замятин

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The Great Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Penny Plain · O. Douglas

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1984 · George Orwell

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Daddy-long-legs · Jean Webster