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The Modern Novel Welcome to the research guide for the 20th & 21st -Century British Novel . The resources in this guide have been selected to help you make this class a success.
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Required Books
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad Call Number: 823.912 C763s
Publication Date: December 14, 2004
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time. Edited and with Notes by Peter Lancelot Mallios. Introduction by Robert D. Kaplan.
Howards End by E. M. Forster & Paul B. Armstrong (editor) Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: January 17, 1998
“Backgrounds and Sources“ presents a rich selection of Forster's previously unpublished journals and letters and his working notes, which bring readers into the long and painstaking creative process that culminated in Howards End .
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Call Number: 823.912 J853p
Publication Date: April 13, 2007
This Norton Critical Edition is based on Hans Gabler’s acclaimed text and is accompanied by his introduction and textual notes. John Paul Riquelme provides detailed explanatory annotations.
Orlando by Virginia Woolf Call Number: Unavailable
Publication Date: October 24, 1973
In her most exuberant, most fanciful novel, Woolf has created a character liberated from the restraints of time and sex. Born in the Elizabethan Age to wealth and position, Orlando is a young nobleman at the beginning of the story—and a modern woman three centuries later.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Call Number: 823.912 C4631mr
Publication Date: March 1, 2000
This is the Hercule Poirot novel that startled fans, polarized critics, shocked the Detection Club (of which Christie was a member), and solidified her reputation as the queen of crime.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Call Number: 823.912 H982b
Publication Date: October 17, 2006
Now more than ever, Aldous Huxley’s enduring masterwork must be read and understood by anyone concerned with preserving the human spirit.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Call Number: Unavailable
Publication Date: November 17, 1998
Textual notes illuminate the novel’s historical background, regional references, and the non-translated Creole and French phrases necessary to fully understand this powerful story. Backgrounds include a wealth of material on the novel’s long evolution, its connections to Jane Eyre , and Rhys’s biographical impressions of growing up in Dominica.
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