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The selection begins with stories written in the period immediately before the first World War, and ends with stories from the mid 1970s. Some of the best known authors whose work is represented here include H.G.Wells, M.R.James, Saki, Dorothy L.Sayers, Somerset Maugham, Evelyn Waugh, Dylan Thomas, Graham Greene, V.S.Pritchett, Nadine Gardiner, H.E.Bates, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, John Updike, Olivia Manning, V.S.Naipaul, R.K.Narayan, Kingsley Amis, Bernard Malamud and Patrick White. : : Synopsis: This selection of 20th century literature begins in the period preceding World War I with short stories from such authors as H.G.Wells, M.R.James and Saki. It continues with work written up until the mid-1970s, by a range of authors including Dylan Thomas, Graham Greene and Kingsley Amis. The volumes have been divided into turn of the century literature to 1956, and literature written during the period 1956-1975. Represented in the latter selection are leading American writers whose work continues to be widely read in the UK, and also a number of Commonwealth authors. |
