The Good Soldier
1915 novel by the British writer Ford Madox Ford
1910s
Howards End
Novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England
Faust
Protagonist of a classic German legend, based on the historical Johann Georg Faust .The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures
A Personal Record
Autobiographical work by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912.It has also been published under the titles A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences and Some Reminiscences
O Pioneers!
1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan
The Secret Garden
Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in The American Magazine . Set in England, it is one of Burnett’s most popular novels and seen as a classic of English children’s literature
Marcel Allain
French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas.
John Langshaw Austin
British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts.Austin pointed out that we use language to do things as well as to assert things, and that the utterance of a statement like “I promise to do so-and-so” is best understood as doing something — making a promise — rather than making an assertion about anything
How to Do Things with Words
British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts.Austin pointed out that we use language to do things as well as to assert things, and that the utterance of a statement like “I promise to do so-and-so” is best understood as doing something — making a promise — rather than making an assertion about anything