FIFTY POST-WAR NOVELS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21982, 17 June 1933, Page 4

FIFTY POST-WAR NOVELS

The following is a list of the “Fifty Best Novels Since the War,” drawn up by Edward Shanks for John o’ London’s Weekly:— Arnold, Bennett: “Riceyman Steps.” Joseph Conrad: "The Arrow of Gold.” : H. G. Wells: “The World of. William Clissold.”

John Galsworthy: “The Forsyte Saga.” Francis Brett Young: “ The Portrait of Clare," " The Tragic Bride.” J. ,B. Priestley: - “The Good Companions,” “Angel Pavement.” Ford Madox Ford: The “Tietjena” Series.

Gilbert Frankau: "Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant.” Richard . Blaker: “Medal Without Bar.” Richard Aldington: “Death of a Hero.” “Private X”: “War is War.” A. P. Herbert: “The Secret Battle,” “The Water Gipsies.” R. H. Mottrara: “ The Spanish Farm.” Ernest Hemingway: “A Farewell to Arms.” David Garnett: "Lady Into Fox.” Thornton Wilder: “The Bridge of San Luis Rey.” Sinclair Lewis: “Main Street,” “Babbitt.”

Theodore Dreiser: "An American Tragedy.” Willa Gather: "A Lost Lady.” Joseph Hergesheimer: “Cytherea.” Eric Linklater: "Juan in America.” James Joyce: "Ulysses." D. H. Lawrence: “Women in Love," “The Plumed Serpent.” T. F. Powys: “ The Left Leg.” Sheila Kaye-Smith: “Joanna Godden.” Mary Webb: "Precious Bane.” Naomi Royde-Smith; “Summer Holiday.” Aldous Huxley: "Point-Counter Point. William Gerhardi; “Futility.” Evelyn Waugh: “Decline and Fall." Compton MacKenzie: “Extraordinary Women.” • • ' ■ •, „ G. Stow'd!: “Button Hill. Hugh Walpole: “The Cathedral." Virginia Woolf: “To the Lighthouse.’ "Elizabeth”: "The Enchanted April.’ E. M. Forster; “Passage to India.” Rose Macaulay: “ Dangerous Ages.” Rebecca West; “The Judge.”

G. B. Stern: “ Children of No Man's Land.” P. G. Wodehousc: “The Small Bachelor.” „ Liam O’Flaherty: "The Informer. S. Fowler Wright: “Deluge." W. Olaf Stapledon: “Last and hirst Men.” , John Buchan: “The Courts of the Morning.” , Stella Gibbons: “Cold Comfort Farm;