Exile literature has always attracted a lot of critical attention because of the poignant issues it raised. Particularly significant is the wide range of variants that the exile of the mind has and the creativity and innovations it sets into motion. Some authors were exiled or ostracized for holding atheistic or radical beliefs. A few others felt that the literary and artistic ambience provided by their native countries was too narrow , conventional and uninspiring. and went in search of a more fertile intellectual terrain. A further variant is of authors who remained in their native land but alienated by contemporary socio-political conditions and fought against the angst created by uninspiring and obsolete literary conventions . Another form of exile is a direct outcome of the segregation that was an after-effect of the machination that took hold of the society in the post-industrial revolution Europe . This article attempts to present a detailed analytical view of the major works and the paradoxical state of mind of the respective authors ( 168) Keywords: exile variant alienated machination angst after-effect