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20th-Century Literature

A collection of 3 posts

Saki and Mr Selfridge

Saki and Mr Selfridge

Bruce Gaston connects Fenwick’s closure to the golden age of department stores and Edwardian satire by H.H. Munro (Saki), highlighting Munro's work for Selfridge's and the discovery of his lesser-known stories, emphasizing the lasting impact of department store culture and literary digitization.

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

On Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

Read Hannah Godfrey's blog on Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin' and Maurice Wolfthal's latest translation of this title.

In a Pilgrim's Footsteps

20th-Century Literature

In a Pilgrim's Footsteps

In September 2011, I found myself standing on a rock on the shore of Lake Peipsi, the huge stretch of water that lies between Estonia and St Petersburg, peering out across the haze in the hope of catching a glimpse of the Russian shore. Behind me stretched a row of