The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning.” Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1953): “ Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1953): “ Arthur Miller’s classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in 17th century Salem is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria.”įahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953): “ The classic dystopian novel of a post-literate future, Fahrenheit 451 stands alongside Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World as a prophetic account of Western civilization’s enslavement by the media, drugs and conformity.”Ī Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin (1953): “ Now a modern classic, as gripping in its tautly plotted action as it is penetrating in its exploration of a criminal mind, it tells the shocking tale of a young man who will stop at nothing–not even murder–to get where he wants to go.” Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison (1952): “ For not only does Ralph Ellison’s nightmare journey across the racial divide tell unparalleled truths about the nature of bigotry and its effects on the minds of both victims and perpetrators, it gives us an entirely new model of what a novel can be.” She is one of those ‘excellent women,’ the smart, supportive, repressed women who men take for granted.” So check out my choices and tell me what you would add or take away!Įxcellent Women by Barbara Pym (1952): “ Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman’s daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. Somebody else could do their own list of 100 must-read modern classics that has absolutely no overlap with mine, and it would probably be a good list too. Get The War of the Roses for $1.99 exclusively through Book Riot with this link: Their mutual hatred becomes ammunition in a domestic warfare that escalates in wild and twisted ways until life as they know it is shattered forever. Their extravagant home holds the rich antique collection that originally brought them together, as well as the loving bond they share with their children Evie and Josh.īut when Jonathan finds himself suddenly gripped by what is presumably a heart attack and Barbara confronts the loveless spell between them, things turn sour fast. Jonathan has a stable law career Barbara is an aspiring gourmet entrepreneur with a promising pâté recipe. Jonathan and Barbara Rose are, at first glance, the perfect couple. This modern classics book list is sponsored by The War of the Roses, the modern classic synonymous with love gone wrong. She can't get enough of reading and writing about books, so she writes the bookish newsletter "Reading Indie," focusing on small press books and translations. When she’s not reading or grading papers, she’s hanging out with her husband and son and/or riding her bike and/or buying books. She teaches courses in composition, literature, and the arts. Rebecca holds a PhD in English and is a professor at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut.
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