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For the Literary at Heart, back . . .
Inspired By . . . ~ 2-3 sessions each This series pairs classics and their critically acclaimed, contemporary companion pieces – proof that every good idea deserves a second go-round.
Option 1 Shakespeare, King Lear Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres Film version of A Thousand Acres
Option 2 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Michael Cunningham’s The Hours Film version The Hours
Option 3 Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis Marc Estrin, Insect Dreams
Jane Austen’s World ~ 4 sessions Jane Austen (1775-1817), often considered one of the great English novelists, portrays a world full of wit, humor and deep insight into human nature. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma PersuasionLiterary Vistas ~ 6 SessionsThis series focuses on the inter-relationship between people and nature. As the landscapes around us change and evolve, are there corresponding changes in our own personal, social, and cultural identities? Henry David Thoreau, Walden Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Bruce Chatwin, Songlines Hugh Brody, Maps and Dreams: Indians and the British Columbia Frontier Leslie Marmon Silko, Gardens in the Dune John Elder, Reading the Mountains of Home Lovers In Love ~ 6 sessionsThis series invites readers to laugh, groan, agonize and weep over the plights and delights of lovers in settings that range from the cold, gloomy English moors to the lush Caribbean coast of South America. Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera Manuel Puig, Heartbreak Tango: A Serial
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