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Why do these 1920s novels still resonate today?
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Why do these 1920s novels still resonate today?

And why are we still grappling with the same issues 100 years on?

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Feb 19, 2025
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Today I’m presenting five novels published in the 1920s whose themes are still relevant to this day. Four of them fell out of print and were rediscovered and reissued decades later. It’s wonderful that all are available in fresh new (or recent) editions.

In these reissues, fascinating new introductions, forewords, or afterwords re-introduce these writers…

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