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Main street upton sinclair6/9/2023 Arguably, the following 50 novels defined the 20th Century. Although some of them were clearly not literary masterpieces and are not necessarily “great” novels, they struck a chord. However, some novels are able to encapsulate and reflect the mood, mindset, or feel of a decade current, previous, or future.įrom highly detailed examinations of small town American life, to the back-stabbing, pill-popping world of show business, to the materialistic, self-absorbed existence of 1980’s yuppie culture, these books captured the essence of the decades and lifestyles they were exploring. It’s easy to dismiss fictional works that don’t meet high-brow literary standards of prose and style. Likewise, a literary snob might label some of the books on this list as “trash” or insignificant pulp fiction. The literati might not consider The Day of the Triffids, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, or Peyton Place to be masterpieces of the English Language.
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