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. Rebecca

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Author:
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Description:
A young girl becomes the second Mrs. Max de Winter, only to find that she is not the mistress of Manderley. Instead the house and its occupants are dominated by the memory of Rebecca, her predecessor.

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...