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Great Books Discussion Group

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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

Monday, February 12
7:00pm - 8:30pm

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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 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)

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Hybrid | Book Clubs & Discussion Groups |

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