The Interwar Years (1918-1939) revisited one more time

Comrades,



I have been reading about society in the “Interwar Years”, 1918-1939, best covered for the U.K. by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge in their book “The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939”. (The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge (Paperback - Apr. 2001) (3) )



At the moment I am reading D, J. Taylor’s more recent (2007) “Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age”. (Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor (8))



Extensive reviews of both are available on the Net. Two similar books follow:

Children of the Sun: A Narrative of Decadence in England After 1918 by Martin Burgess Green (3)

Our Age: English Intellectuals Between the World Wars : A Group Portrait by Baron Noel Gilroy Annan Annan (1)

NB - a third book was recommended to me but I have not been able to obtain a copy: Cambridge between two wars by T. E. B. Howarth

In addition to books and articles by and about PGW (particularly Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern: The Men Who Made Musical Comedy by Lee Davis (2)), I can recommend the following:



Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill (Paperback - Apr. 20, 1999) (37)
Gerald and Sara Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Evelyn Waugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (pronounced /ˈiːvlɨn ˈwɔː/) (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer, best known for such darkly humorous and ...
Decline and Fall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vile Bodies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the ...
This Side of Paradise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Beautiful and Damned - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Gatsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tender Is the Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noël Coward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Private Lives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cole Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate, ...
Anything Goes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cole Porter: Selected Lyrics (American Poets Project) by Cole Porter and Robert Kimball



W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Selina Hastings



David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Luke ...

David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Luke: Books. ... Product Description. A history of The Gargoyle Club. ...
NB: there is much available on the Net in re all of the above (except the Howarth book).

Best, Cyril (GCW, P.E.)