Statistics for literature by year - 20th century

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HintAnswer% Correct
1945an allegorical novel about the politics of the Soviet Union as told via anthropomorphic animalsAnimal Farm
88%
1925stereotypically assigned in high school English classes, it tells the story of the narrator's neighbor on Long Island, a millionaire obsessed with reuniting winning back a former loverThe Great Gatsby
85%
1966the story of an orphan boy who goes on a whimsical journey with a gigantic fruitJames and the Giant Peach
81%
1950the first of seven books in a series, it recounts the story of four siblings helping a talking lion based on Jesus Christ save a fantastical landThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
77%
1992the story of a nurse caring for a mysterious patient in an Italian villa after WWII has ended in the European, but not Pacific, theaterThe English Patient
73%
1900the story of a farm girl and her dog who are swept up in a cyclone and carried to a fantastical landThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz
69%
1985set in a near-future patriarchal dystopia, it follows a member of a class of women forced to bear children for the ruling classThe Handmaid's Tale
50%
1967a magical realism novel about a family living in the fictional Colombian town founded by its patriarchOne Hundred Years of Solitude
42%
1979a gothic novel about four siblings secretly imprisoned in their grandparents' manor home after the death of their fatherFlowers in the Attic
38%
1911a novel, first published serially, about an unloved young girl born in British India and sent to her uncle's house in England after she is orphaned by choleraThe Secret Garden
38%
1937a fantasy children's novel about a journey, as well as a precursor to a novel in the same universe aimed at adult audiences, which was later adapted into a massively successful series of filmsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again
35%
1929a novel set during the Italian campaign of WWI, following the romance of an American lieutenant with an English nurseA Farewell to Arms
19%
1926a whodunit narrated by a British doctor who becomes the companion of the detective investigating the titular death of a wealthy widowerThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd
19%
1934a three stanza poem about plums that had been left in an iceboxThis Is Just To Say
19%
1955a play about the memories and revelations that come to light when an alcoholic son and his wife pay a visit to his terminally ill fatherCat On a Hot Tin Roof
8%

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