Connolly 100

In 1965 the English critic and essayist Cyril Connolly published The Modern Movement. One Hundred Key Books from England, France, and America 1880-1950. He defined the Modern Movement as a revolt against the bourgeois in France, the Victorians in England, the puritanism and materialism of America and chose as his "Key" books those that reflected this spirit. In chosing some authors he elected to group a few of their works together (particularly in the case of poetry selections by a single author which were subsequently republished together), so the list actually contains 106 titles.

1947
The Plague
1946
Paterson
1938
Nausea
1934-04-12
Tender Is the Night
1933
Man's Fate
1931-02-09
Sanctuary
1931
The Waves
1930
The Bridge
1929
Living
1929-09-27
A Farewell to Arms
1928
Nadja
1928
The Tower
1926
Is 5
1926-10-22
The Sun Also Rises
1925-04-10
The Great Gatsby
1925-10-05
In Our Time
1924-06-04
A Passage to India
1923
Harmonium
1922
Ulysses
1922
Charmes
1920
Poems
1918
Tarr
1918
Poems
1917
South Wind
1917
Prufrock
1916
Lustra
1911
Siren Land
1896
Ubu Roi
1891
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