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pdurrant · 11-12-2009, 04:15 PM

I decided to take a quick look through my "classics" folder - out of copyright works of the early twentieth century.

You'll be amazed at the names that have been missed so far!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sherlock Holmes stores started being written in the 19th Century, but many were written and published in the 20th, and all the Professor Challenger novels were written and published in the 20th Century.

L. Frank Baum.
The Oz books are 20th Century. (Well, except the first.)

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan, etc

G. K. Chesterton
Father Brown

Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows

Rudyard Kipling
Much was 19th, but Kim makes it into the 20th Century (just) and the Just So Stories.

George Orwell

Wilfred Owen

H. G. Wells
Another whose later works are 20th Century - Kipps, The History of Mr Polly.

11-12-2009, 04:15 PM	#24
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,103 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I decided to take a quick look through my "classics" folder - out of copyright works of the early twentieth century. You'll be amazed at the names that have been missed so far! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sherlock Holmes stores started being written in the 19th Century, but many were written and published in the 20th, and all the Professor Challenger novels were written and published in the 20th Century. L. Frank Baum. The Oz books are 20th Century. (Well, except the first.) Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan, etc G. K. Chesterton Father Brown Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows Rudyard Kipling Much was 19th, but Kim makes it into the 20th Century (just) and the Just So Stories. George Orwell Wilfred Owen H. G. Wells Another whose later works are 20th Century - Kipps, The History of Mr Polly.