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For the Literary at Heart, back . . .Meet the Victorians ~ 6 sessionsFor some people, Victorian evokes images of overstuffed furniture and repressed people, but for the Victorians themselves, life was anything but stuffy and staid. In fact, the world was changing at a dizzying pace, with railroads and the telegraph collapsing time and space, and a booming industrial economy bringing both great wealth and terrible poverty. This series takes readers beyond stereotypes to a better understanding of the Victorians and, perhaps, ourselves. Charlotte Bronte, Villette Charles Dickens, Hard Times Christopher Ricks, ed., The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her? George Eliot, Daniel Deronda Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Memorable Memoirs ~ 4 sessionsThese memoirs became classics for a good reason. Unsentimental, yet deeply moving, these life stories draw readers in and don’t let them go. Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes Sara Suleri, Meatless DaysAnnie Dillard, An American Childhood Paul Monnette, Becoming a Man Mothers And Daughters ~ 4 sessionsThese novels chart the sometimes-shaky bridge between mothers and daughters – and how love and understanding can help gird up the relationship. Kaye Gibbons, Charms for the Easy Life Mona Simpson, Anywhere But Here Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John
Portraits of The Artists: Novels about Painters ~ 4 Sessions What happens when the visual arts and the literary arts meet? How do fiction writers interpret the lives of famous painters, and the canvases they leave behind? (Scholars are encouraged to bring visual images to discussions.) Harriet Chessman’s Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper (about Mary Cassatt and Degas) Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (about Vermeer) David Huddle’s La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl (about Georges de la Tour) Barbara Mujica’s Frida (about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera)
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