These Novels Are Still Important Almost a Century Later

Books from the 1920s are special because they reflect the first recognizably "modern" period in American history.

Literature These Novels Are Still Important Almost a Century Later In a few years, the 1920s will be a hundred years in the past. While most people can picture Flappers and gangsters, rum-runners and stock brokers, what many miss is that the 1920s were in many ways the first recognizably "modern" period in American history and literature. READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE How the 20th Century Changed the World Who Invented the Electric Lamp? The First Car Was Invented Much Earlier Than You Think You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Today I Learned newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here A Dotdash Brand 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2017 Dotdash - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.