Modern technological and scientific advance, communist theories, Freudian theories, super realism, sexual perversion and the new psychology of Lawrence, Joyce and Virginia Woolf, have added new dimension to the prose of 20th century. There are innumerable kinds of fiction--romantic, sociological, psychological, stream of consciousness, realistic and naturalistic. As the number of fiction writers, apart from the essayists, are too large, I am restrained to mention only a few important authors.
1. Rudyard Kipling :"Kim" is an adventure story dealing with the life of the Saheb in India. It also presents vivid picture of Indian life--the beasts and jungles of India. His best short stories are:-Plain Tales from the Hills, Soldiers Three, Captain Courageous and the two Jungle Books.
2. Joseph Conrad:-His novels Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, The Nigger of the Narcussius, Nortiomo, The Secret Agent and Chance reveal the conflict between Man and the elements of Nature. Conrad's novels are a reflection of his moral integrity and artistic sincerity.
3. H.G. Wells:-He wrote scientific romances, and sociological novels. He exploited in his novels the contemporary interest in science. Some of his important works are:- The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The First Man in the Moon and Kipps. From Kipps onwards he concentrated on sociological novels like Tono-Bungay, Ann Veronica, Marriage etc.
4.D.H. Lawrence:- A totally psychological novelist. His novel The White Peacock is a story of unhappy human relationship between man and woman. In Sons and Lovers he very deftly handles the Oedipus complex theme
5. James Joyce:- Ulysses is his masterpiece. A Portrait of the Artist Maas a Young n is his autobiographical novel
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