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The 1900s: 1900–1909
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The Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk in 1903, Russia lost a war to Japan in 1904-05 and survived a revolution, and Einstein published relativity in 1905. Mexico simmered under Porfirio Diaz while Canadian readers met a red-haired orphan in 1908.
1903 flew and 1905 mutinied. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin recreates the 1905 naval revolt, and Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908, bottles Prince Edward Island childhood whole. Open the 1900s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
9 famous stories set in the 1900s
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Browse 253 books, 104 movies, 2 TV shows and 2 games set in the 1900s (1900–1909).
The Wright Brothers
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereTwo-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to…
Battleship Potemkin
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration showing support which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a…
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a…
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Parallel German text and English translation.The influence and popularity of Rilke’s poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, more than fifty years after his death. Rilke is unquestionably the most…
Anne of Green Gables
As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever . . . but will the Cuthberts send her back to to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they…
East of Eden
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this…
Dance of the Forty One
Mexico City November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Elisa & Marcela
In 1901 Elisa Sánchez Loriga adopts a male identity in order to marry the woman she loves Marcela Gracia Ibeas.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
In 1900 strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside even though it appears to be haunted. On her very first night she meets the ghost of the crusty former owner Captain Gregg—and…
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