Great Books Discussion Group
Hybrid
2024-02-12 19:00:00
2024-02-12 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, February 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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2024-02-12 19:00:00
2024-02-12 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 2024
- January 8: “Fathers and Sons,” by Ivan Turgenev (novel)
- February 12: “Miss Julie,” by August Strindberg (play)
- March 11: “The Merchant of Venice,” by William Shakespeare (play)
- April 8: “As I Lay Dying,” by William Faulkner (novel)
- May 13: “The Inferno,” by Dante, translation by Peter Thornton (epic poem)
- June 10: “Ghosts,” by Henrik Ibsen (play)
- July 8: “The Secret Sharer,” by Joseph Conrad (novella)
- August 12: “Mrs. Dalloway,” by Virginia Woolf (novel)
- September 9: “Candide,” by Voltaire (novel)
- October 14: “The Woman in White,” by Wilkie Collins (novel)
- November 11: “Goodbye, My Brother,” “The Enormous Radio,” and “The Swimmer,” by John Cheever (short stories)
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