Great Books Discussion Group
Hybrid
2025-05-12 19:00:00
2025-05-12 20:30:00
America/Chicago
Great Books Discussion Group
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.
Main Library - Conference Room, Info Serv - Zoom
Monday, May 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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2025-05-12 19:00:00
2025-05-12 20:30:00
America/Chicago
Great Books Discussion Group
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.
Main Library - Conference Room, Info Serv - Zoom
Main Library
Conference Room, Info Serv - ZoomCo-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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