Modern Classics

Modern classics have been defined as books published after the first World War during a time when new ideology about gender, race, and class began emerging. However, generally, a modern classic refers to a book that has timeless elements set in a more modern environment.
 

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1. Homegoing: a novel

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Author:
Gyasi, Yaa
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Formats:
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Description:
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...

2. The remains of the day

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Author:
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Description:
An English butler reflects--sometimes bitterly, sometimes humorously--on his service to a lord between the two world wars and discovers doubts about his master's character and about the ultimate value of his own service to humanity The novel's narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second...