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It’s happening at a snail’s pace, but I’m still working away on my 20th Century in Literature Challenge! I have barely touched the books written in the 1920s, so I did some research on possible choices. Here’s what I found:
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920) // This is Fitzgerald’s first novel and is apparently semi-autobiographical. I wasn’t a huge fan of The Great Gatsby (super unpopular opinion, I know!!) so I’m curious what I’ll think of this one.
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer (1921) // How about a little romance? This is Heyer’s first novel, written when she was a teenager, and is set in 18th century England. Some readers describe it as very fun and very melodramatic – I’m intrigued!
One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922) // This one won a Pulitzer in 1923 and is both a farming/pioneer story and a World War I story.
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery (1923) // I love Anne of Green Gables with a special love, but I’ve never read any of Montgomery’s other works! I can’t wait to meet Emily.
So Big by Edna Ferber (1924) // Another Pulitzer Prize winner!
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (1925) // I’m a little nervous about this one. After a husband discovers his wife’s adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Will there be forgiveness or redemption? We’ll see.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (1927) // One more Cather novel on the list! This one gets really high praise.
The Children by Edith Wharton (1928) // This one is a comical, bittersweet novel “about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children.”
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929) // Another book I’m nervous to pick up! Some readers say that it’s incredibly depressing and that it deals with a lot of heavy topics. Others love it all and call it a masterpiece.
I love this list. I added all these to my TBR list.
Have you read all the Anne of Green Gables? I am working through them. I’m on #4 right now (Anne of Windy Poplars). And I have the rest waiting for me on my shelf! I even got Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes are Quoted.
I want to read Emily of New Moon as well. I feel like Anne’s books are my comfort reads.
I also have The Sound and The Fury on my shelf.
I loved O’ Pioneers by Willa Cather. So I am excited to read more of her works.
I haven’t read Anne past book #2, but it’s definitely a goal of mine to read them all! (Maybe in 2022?) I think they’re such comfort reads too.