20Th Century Novel

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DUBLINERS

(a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irishmiddle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.)

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JAMES JOYCE

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A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

it traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion toDaedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe.

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JAMES JOYCE

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ULYSSES

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James Joyce

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FINNEGANS WAKE

irlandzka ballada ludowa z 1850 roku[1], opowiadająca historię Tima Finnegana, który od małego lubił pićwhisky, a pewnego razu będąc mocno nietrzeźwym spadł z drabiny i zabił się[2]. Ożył jednak, gdy żałobnicy przypadkiem oblali jego ciało trunkiem. Ballada jest osadzona w irlandzkiej tradycji i ma oparcie w mentalności Irlandczyków. Historię tę upowszechnił James Joyce, publikując w 1939 roku powieść Finnegans Wake, w której Finnegan symbolizuje kulturowe odrodzenie Irlandii[1].

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James Joyce

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THE VOYAGE OUT

Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirise Edwardian life.

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Virginia Woolf

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NIGHT AND DAY
is a novel by .... first published on 20 October 1919. Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day contrasts the daily lives and romantic attachments of two acquaintances, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The novel examines the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success.

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Virginia Woolf

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Jacob's room

Set in pre-war England, the novel begins in Jacob's childhood and follows him through college at Cambridge and into adulthood. The story is told mainly through the perspectives of the women in Jacob's life, including the repressed upper-middle-class Clara Durrant and the uninhibited young art student Florinda, with whom he has an affair. His time in London forms a large part of the story, though towards the end of the novel he travels to Italy and then Greece.

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Virginia Woolf

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Mrs DALLOWAY

details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictionalhigh-society woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels.

Created from two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished "The Prime Minister," the novel addresses Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host that evening. With an interior perspective, the story travels forwards and back in time and in and out of the characters' minds to construct an image of Clarissa's life and of the inter-war social structure.

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Virginia Woolf

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To the lighthouse

The novel is set in the Ramsays' summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye. The section begins with Mrs Ramsay assuring her son James that they should be able to visit the lighthouse on the next day. This prediction is denied by Mr Ramsay, who voices his certainty that the weather will not be clear, an opinion that forces a certain tension between Mr and Mrs Ramsay, and also between Mr Ramsay and James. This particular incident is referred to on various occasions throughout the section, especially in the context of Mr and Mrs Ramsay's relationship.

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Virginia Woolf

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Orlando

Orlando tells the story of an individual named Orlando, born as a biological male in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Orlando lives for more than 300 years and, at around 30 years of age, mysteriously changes biological sex to female.

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Virginia Woolf

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The Waves

It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis.[1] Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset.

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Virginia Woolf

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Between the acts

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Virginia Woolf

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Sons and lovers

The refined daughter of a "good old burgher family," Gertrude Coppard meets a rough-hewn miner, Walter Morel, at a Christmas dance and falls into a whirlwind romance characterised by physical passion. But soon after her marriage to Walter, she realises the difficulties of living off his meagre salary in a rented house. The couple fight and drift apart and Walter retreats to the pub after work each day. Gradually, Mrs. Morel's affections shift to her sons beginning with the oldest, William.

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David Herbert LAWRENCE

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The rainbow

The Rainbow tells the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, a dynasty of farmers and craftsmen who live in the east Midlands of England, on the borders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The book spans a period of roughly 65 years from the 1840s to 1905, and shows how the love relationships of the Brangwens change against the backdrop of the increasing industrialisation of Britain. The first central character, Tom Brangwen, is a farmer whose experience of the world does not stretch beyond these two counties; while the last, Ursula, his granddaughter, studies at University and becomes a teacher in the progressively urbanised, capitalist and industrial world that would become our modern experience.

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David Herbert Lawrence

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The Malayan Trilogy:

-Time for a Tiger

-The enemy in the blanket

-Beds in the east

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Anthony Burgess

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A clockwork orange

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novella published in 1962. Set in a near future English society that has a subculture of extreme youth violence, the novella has a teenage protagonist, Alex, who narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him.[1] When the state undertakes to reform Alex—to "redeem" him—the novella asks, "At what cost?". The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat". According to Burgess it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks.[2]

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Anthony Burgess

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M/F

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Anthony Burgess

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1985

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Anthony Burgess

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The earthly powers

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Anthony Burgess

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Under the net

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Iris Murdoch

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The bell

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Iris Murdoch

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The unicorn

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Iris Murdoch

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the black prince

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Iris Murdoch

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The black prince

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Iris Murdoch

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The sea,the sea

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Iris Murdoch

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The green knight

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Iris Murdoch

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The collector (kolekcjoner)

Powieść opowiada o młodym człowieku Fryderyku Cleggu, który pracuje jako urzędnik w urzędzie miasta. Jego hobby jest kolekcjonowanie motyli. W pierwszej części powieści to on jest narratorem. Fryderyk nieszczęśliwie zakochał się w Mirandzie Grey, nieszczęśliwie, ponieważ z powodu swojej nieśmiałości nie jest w stanie nawet nawiązać kontaktu, a co dopiero wyznać miłość ukochanej. Pewnego dnia wygrywa na loterii znaczną sumę pieniędzy, co umożliwia mu zrezygnowanie z pracy i zamieszkanie w odludnym domu na wsi. Samotność i mnóstwo wolnego czasu owocują szczegółowo opracowanym planem, który ma mu pozwolić zdobyć serce ukochanej. Fryderyk postanawia porwać i więzić ukochaną w przekonaniu, że ta z wraz czasem pokocha go. Do porwania używa chloroformu i następnie więzi Mirandę w piwnicy swego domu. Przekonany, że ukochana z czasem będzie go coraz bardziej kochać, ze zdziwieniem zauważa, że to on znajduje się na defensywnej pozycji. Zawstydzony, obiecuje wypuścić ją po miesiącu. Przyrzeka jej traktowanie z należytym respektem obsypywanie jej wszystkim czego sobie zażyczy oraz, że nie ma zamiaru jej molestować. W zamian daje jej tylko jeden warunek: nie może ona opuszczać piwnicy.

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John Fowles

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The Magus (mag)

Opowiada ona historię młodego nauczyciela, który podczas kryzysu tożsamości przybywa na grecką wyspę, by uczyć angielskiego i gdzie spotyka go seria niecodziennych zdarzeń.

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John Fowles

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The french Lieutenant's woman (kochanica francuza)

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John Fowles

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The ebony tower

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John Fowles

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The Picturegoers

The novel interweaves scenes at and near a neighborhood movie theatre, using movies as a touchstone for exploring Catholic values in a changing world, where the cinema introduces values and behaviors from the greater society that differ from those of the traditional community

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David Lodge

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Ginger you're barmy

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David Lodge

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Changing Places

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David lodge

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Small world: an academic romance

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David lodge

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Nice work

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David lodge

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suprised by summer

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david lodge

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thinks...

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david lodge

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author, author

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david lodge

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Shadow dance

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Angela Carter

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the magic toyshop

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Angela carter

Carter, czołowa angielska pisarka drugiej połowy XX w., jest kojarzona z ruchem feministycznym.

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Several Perceptions

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Angela Carter

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Heroes and Villains

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Angela Carter

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Love

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Angela Carter

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The infernal desire machines of dr hoffman

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Angela Carter

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The passion of new eve

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Angela Carter

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Nights at the circus

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Angela Carter

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Wise Children

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Angela Carter