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1890s to 1940s favourite books

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drspouse · 28/12/2023 13:18

I'm going to try a decades challenge for 2024 where I read one book from each decade (roughly) and the 1950s to 2010s will be from the Jubilee Big Read.
What are your favourite books published in each of the preceding decades? Could be fiction or non-fiction but not too heavy: Agatha Christie yes, Tolstoy no!

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AdaColeman · 28/12/2023 14:07

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, published in 1925, a wonderful read!

noblegiraffe · 28/12/2023 14:01

PG Wodehouse The Code of the Woosters 1938 ( or any of the Jeeves books tbh, they are all a delight).

beguilingeyes · 28/12/2023 13:50

The first four Poldark novels - Winston Graham

ChessieFL · 28/12/2023 13:42

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (published 1925)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (published 1938)

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day by Winifred Watson (published 1938).

The Fortnight In September by R C Sherriff (published 1931)

Anything by John Steinbeck!