Books · 1914
Modernism Dawns Amid the Gathering Storm
As Europe plunged into the devastation of the First World War in 1914, literary culture experienced a radical transformation. From landmark modernist prose and revolutionary poetry to enduring popular mythologies, writers captured a rapidly shifting world on the brink of profound upheaval.
- James Joyce · Literary Classic
Dubliners
James Joyce's seminal collection of fifteen short stories offers a penetrating, naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin at the turn of the twentieth century.
- Robert Frost · Poetry · Literary Classic
North of Boston
Robert Frost's landmark second poetry collection established his voice with iconic poems like 'Mending Wall' and 'After Apple-Picking', exploring rural New England life.
- Natsume Sōseki · Literary Classic
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece subtly explores the transition from the traditional Meiji era to modern Japan through a poignant story of isolation, guilt, and intergenerational tension.
- E.R. Burroughs · Cultural Phenomenon
Tarzan of the Apes
First published in book form in 1914, Burroughs's sensational pulp adventure introduced the feral hero raised by apes, launching an unprecedented multimedia franchise.
- G. Stein · Poetry · Influential Work
Tender Buttons
Gertrude Stein's radical modernist poetry collection broke traditional narrative conventions to create cubist, avant-garde portraits of everyday objects, food, and rooms.
- H.G. Wells · Science Fiction Landmark
The World Set Free
H.G. Wells remarkably foresaw the creation of atomic weapons in a novel that imagined a devastating global nuclear war followed by the establishment of a peaceful world government.
- Juan Ramón Jiménez · Literary Classic
Platero y yo
Juan Ramón Jiménez's lyric narrative about a poet and his beloved donkey in Andalusia became one of the most celebrated and beloved works in modern Spanish literature.
- Robert Tressell · Influential Work
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell's posthumously published working-class novel delivered a fiery, insightful critique of capitalism and socialist advocate fiction in Edwardian Britain.
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