Books · 1917
Literary Voices Amid the Great War
In 1917, as World War I reached a grueling climax, literature captured both the brutal realities of global conflict and profound introspective shifts. Authors and poets forged modernist masterpieces and compelling narratives that defined a changing world.
- T.S. Eliot · Poetry · Literary Classic
Prufrock and Other Observations
Eliot’s debut poetry collection introduced modernist literature to the world, anchored by the iconic and disillusioned inner monologue of J. Alfred Prufrock.
- J. Conrad · Fiction · Literary Classic
The Shadow Line
Joseph Conrad’s haunting novella follows a young sea captain taking his first command, exploring themes of maturity, guilt, and the passage into adulthood.
- A. Conan Doyle · Mystery · Bestseller
His Last Bow
This famous collection of Sherlock Holmes stories features the detective emerging from retirement during World War I to perform a final act of counter-espionage.
- H. Quiroga · Stories · Literary Classic
Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte
Horacio Quiroga’s landmark Latin American short story collection masterfully weaves dark, tragic tales of human struggle against madness and hostile nature.
- E. Wharton · Fiction · Literary Classic
Summer
Edith Wharton’s daring novel explores a young New England woman's passionate awakening and social rebellion in a repressed rural community.
- W.B. Yeats · Poetry · Influential Work
The Wild Swans at Coole
W.B. Yeats’s evocative poetry collection reflects on aging, lost love, and Irish national identity during an era of intense political and personal transformation.
- A.G. Empey · Memoir · Bestseller
Over the Top
Written by an American who volunteered for the British Army, this raw account of trench warfare became one of the biggest American bestsellers of the war era.
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