English· 14:05:55· 26 chapters
These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. - Summary by Matt Pierard
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Sherwood Anderson - Windy McPherson's Son
21:15 - Chapter 2
Henri Barbusse - Under Fire
33:06 - Chapter 3
L. Frank Baum - Rinkitink in Oz
14:54 - Chapter 4
Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Beasts of Tarzan
16:53 - Chapter 5
Ellen Glasgow - Virginia
37:21 - Chapter 6
Sarah Grand - The Winged Victory
40:19 - Chapter 7
Louis Hemon - Maria Chapdelaine
25:06 - Chapter 8
William Dean Howells - The Leatherwood God
26:09 - Chapter 9
James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 1
1:00:51 - Chapter 10
James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 2
1:15:05 - Chapter 11
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis
42:28 - Chapter 12
Grace King - The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard
13:20 - Chapter 13
Ring Lardner - You Know Me Al
49:32 - Chapter 14
George Moore - The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story
21:23 - Chapter 15
Baroness Orczy - Leatherface
59:55 - Chapter 16
May Sinclair - Tasker Jevons
54:20 - Chapter 17
Rabindranath Tagore - The Home and the World
13:52 - Chapter 18
Booth Tarkington - Seventeen
05:40 - Chapter 19
Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
07:48 - Chapter 20
Mrs Humphry Ward - Lady Connie
37:59 - Chapter 21
H. G. Wells - Mr. Britling Sees It Through
1:08:33 - Chapter 22
Edith Wharton - Autres Tempes
18:11 - Chapter 23
James Oliver Curwood - The Grizzly King
10:05 - Chapter 24
Anne Monroe - Happy Valley; A Story of Oregon
17:04 - Chapter 25
Will L Comfort - The Last Ditch
56:00 - Chapter 26
Isla M. Mullins - Anne's Wedding
18:46