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We have many (not all) greatest novels presented here that were taken FROM the list of 100 greatest novels of The 20th Century. The list contains 100 greatest novels - English language - published in The 20th Century since 1900. These greatest novels were choosen by a board of 10 members at The Modern Library (Random House). They are Shelby Foote, Christopher Cerf (son of Random House founder Bennett Cerf), Gore Vidal, Daniel J. Boorstin, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., William Styron, Vartan Gregorian and .A.S. Byatt. Note that one novel, "Sophie's Choice" at number 96, was written by board member William Styron. For the complete list and novels' ranks, click here James Joyce Ulysses Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence, English author Sons and Lovers Samuel Butler Way of All Flesh, The Sherwood Anderson American short-story writer, novelist Winesburg, Ohio Henry James Ambassadors, The Ford Madox Ford Good Soldier, The Theodore Dreiser Sister Carrie E M Forster Howards End Joseph Conrad Secret Agent, The Nostromo D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence, English author Women in Love Edith Wharton American novelist, short-story writer Age of Innocence, The Max Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson W. Somerset Maugham English novelist, short-story writer, playwright Of Human Bondage Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Sinclair Lewis American novelist, satirist, playwright, 1930 Nobel Laureate in Literature Main Street Edith Wharton American novelist, short-story writer House of Mirth Rudyard Kipling 1907 Nobel Prize Winner, British short-story writer, novelist, poet Kim E M Forster Room With A View, A Joseph Conrad Lord Jim Arnold Bennett Old Wives' Tale, The Jack London Prolific American author, novelist, short story writer Call of the Wild, The GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |