Books set in the Time between the Wars

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Out of Africa (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Out of Africa (Penguin Modern Classics) by Karen Blixen
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  "A memoir of colonial life in Kenya in the 20s (oh, all right, and during WW1). You won't get the romantic narrative of the film, but something more elusive and in the end more satisfying."
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A Dance to the Music of Time: vol.3: Autumn
2.  A Dance to the Music of Time: vol.3: Autumn by Anthony Powell
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  "Four volumes following  a wide gallery of characters in Britain between the wars. If you're lazy, the Beeb did a lovely adaptation of it some years back - look out for the DVDs."
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Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Vile Bodies (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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  "A satire set among the bright young things of Jazz-Age Mayfair - who wouldn't want to read about that?"
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The Grapes of Wrath
4.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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  "A  dispossessed family's journey during the American Depression, told with all of Steinbeck's compassion and humanity."
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I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics)
5.  I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
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  "A whimsical tale about first love in a derelict castle - no, it's not full of gritty realism (fancy that!) but sometimes you don't want to be either gritty or realistic."
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Essential Penguin)
6.  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Essential Penguin) by Muriel Spark
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  "Black comedy in an Edinburgh girls' school. I'll rap you over the fingers if you don't read this one. It's only short, after all."
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Penguin Modern Classics) by Gertrude Stein
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  "Gertrude Stein's account of artistic Paris after WWI. Oui, s'il vous plait!"
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The Lover (Flamingo)
8.  The Lover (Flamingo) by Marguerite Duras
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  "An account of the author coming of age in 30's Saigon - oh, and it's got lots of sex in it."
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Cold Comfort Farm (Essential Penguin)
9.  Cold Comfort Farm (Essential Penguin) by Stella Gibbons
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  "A comedy set in the British country-side, with the oh-so-British & utterly lovely Flora bringing order into a world of chaos."
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Atonement
10.  Atonement by Ian McEwan
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  "A melodrama of guilt and redemption in a middleclass country house, and so much more. The tension builds slowly in this contemporary classic."
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
11.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
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  "Oxford and the disappearing Arcadia... and the lavish BBC adaption, of course."
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West With The Night (Virago Travellers)
12.  West With The Night (Virago Travellers) by Beryl Markham
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  "A memoir of horse-racing and flying in Africa in the 20s."
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Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions: Play
13.  Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions: Play by Dorothy L. Sayers
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  "Murdery mystery in the English countryside, complete with vicar, gardener and Lord Peter Wimsey"
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To Kill A Mockingbird
14.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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  "Racial oppression in the Deep South, seen from a child's perspective. It really is as good as people have been telling you."
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Brighton Rock
15.  Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
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  "Low-life in Brighton in the 30s."
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As I Lay Dying
16.  As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
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  "Southern gothic, I believe they call this stuff."
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The Pursuit of Love
17.  The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
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  "A bittersweet comedy of manners in set in England and France"
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Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics)
18.  Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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  "London during one day after WW1, full of the despair and joy of the ordinary."
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Goodbye to Berlin (Vintage Crucial Classics)
19.  Goodbye to Berlin (Vintage Crucial Classics) by Christopher Isherwood
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  "Stories from Berlin during the rise of the Nazis. The film Cabaret is based on this book."
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Poirot - The Murder on the Links
20.  Poirot - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
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  "Classic Christie!"
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