The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 is the second instalment of our Modern Classics Collections, delving into a world of 20th-century literary brilliance. This anthology features a wide array of thought-provoking, genre-defining works from the 1900s, showcasing the range of modern storytelling—from existential musings to dark humour and intricate social commentary. These are the stories that have shaped modern literature, offering timeless insights into human nature and society.

From the surreal and experimental prose of Ulysses to the haunting simplicity of As I Lay Dying, this volume explores the complexity and depth of the human experience in the 20th century. Whether you're drawn to the modernist innovation of The Waves, the psychological complexity of Blindness, or the sharp wit of Vile Bodies, these stories offer unparalleled insight into the challenges and triumphs of modern life.

The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are:

• A High Wind in Jamaica, by Richard Hughes
• A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster
• As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
• Ashenden: Or the British Agent, by W. Somerset Maugham
• Blindness, by Henry Green
• Buddenbrooks, by Thomas Mann
• Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy L. Sayers
• Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather
• In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
• Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, by M.R. James
• Queen Lucia, by E.F. Benson
• Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
• The Ambassadors, by Henry James
• The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, by James Weldon Johnson
• The Beautiful and the Damned, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Common Reader: First Series, by Virginia Woolf
• The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen
• The Garden Party and Other Stories, by Katherine Mansfield
• The Mammoth and the Archer, by O Henry
• The Man in the Brown Suit, by Agatha Christie
• The Mezzotint, by M.R. James
• The Waves, by Virginia Woolf
• Ulysses, by James Joyce
• Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh

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