Books · 1909
Edwardian Innovations and Modernist Dawn
In 1909, literature captured a society caught between traditional Edwardian values and the rising tide of modernity. From early modernist experimentation to prescient science fiction and feminist fiction, authors published groundbreaking works that questioned social norms and envisioned the future.
- H.G. Wells · Satire · Literary Classic
Tono-Bungay
H.G. Wells's panoramic Edwardian novel satirizes British society and rapid commercialization through the rise and fall of a patent medicine empire.
- Jack London · Novel · Literary Classic
Martin Eden
Jack London's semi-autobiographical masterpiece follows an uneducated sailor's desperate struggle to achieve literary fame and social acceptance.
- Gertrude Stein · Fiction · Classic
Three Lives
Gertrude Stein's groundbreaking portrait of three working-class women introduced a distinctive radical style that helped usher in literary modernism.
- L.M. Montgomery · Children's Classic
Anne of Avonlea
L.M. Montgomery's charming sequel follows sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley as she begins her career as a schoolteacher in Prince Edward Island.
- H.G. Wells · Novel · Cultural Phenomenon
Ann Veronica
H.G. Wells sparked scandal across Edwardian Britain with this bold feminist story of a young woman defying her family to seek independence and love.
- André Gide · Fiction · Literary Classic
La Porte étroite
André Gide's tragic French novel explores the agonies of religious asceticism and repressed romantic love between two devoted cousins.
- Stratton-Porter · Novel · Bestseller
A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter's beloved novel tells the uplifting story of a young woman funding her own education by collecting moths in the Indiana wetlands.
- E.M. Forster · Sci-Fi · Landmark Work
The Machine Stops
E.M. Forster's prescient science fiction novella envisions a subterranean future where humanity relies entirely on an all-encompassing global machine.
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