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Great Books Discussion Group

Hybrid

Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click on the event title for a list of assigned books. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen. Please Register.

Great Books Reading List: January - November 2025

• January 13 (novel) – “The Master and Margarita,” by Mikail Bulgakov
• February 10 (epic) – “Gilgamesh,” translated by Stephen Mitchell
• March 10 (novel) – “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” by Charles Dickens
• April 14 (play) – “The Iceman Cometh,” by Eugene O’Neill
• May 12 (novel) – “The Lowland,” by Jhumpa Lahiri
• June 9 (play) – “The Tempest,” by William Shakespeare
• July 14 (novel) – “Tenant of Wildfell Hall,’ by Anne Bronte
• August 11 (novel) – “Things Fall Apart,” by Chinua Achebe
• September 8 (novel) – “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood
• October 13 (short stories) – “Thanks for the Ride,” “How I Met My Husband,” and “Dear Life,” by Alice Munro
• November 10 (novel) – “Revolutionary Road,” by Richard Yates
• December 8 – no meeting at the library

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