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Reading and Discussion Catalogue |
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Simone de Beauvoir, The Coming of Age In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir asks readers to broaden their expectations of what it means to grow older. The study spans a millennium, touching on a variety of nations and cultures, to uncover “society’s secret shame” – the ostracism that we wittingly or unwittingly impose on the elderly. (38 copies)
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and the Magarita Written during the Soviet crackdown of the 1930s, Bulgakov’s protest novel is an anti-Stalinist allegory of good vs. evil. (20 copies)
Calvin Coolidge, The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Intergenerational This first-person account of boyhood to political maturity by the 30th president of the United States – and a Vermonter – is told in a direct, articulate, and endearing style. (29 copies)
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Intergenerational Some consider this Dickens’ best novel – the story of Pip, the orphan who longs to be raised from his status as a humble apprentice, and the human drama that unfolds over the course of his life. (30 copies)
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Intergenerational This classic tale of the French Revolution chronicles the lives of protagonists from both France and England and the love triangle that contributes to their downfall. (55 copies)
Emily Dickinson, Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson Intergenerational This volume pulls together the 450 poems from one of the most celebrated and enigmatic poets in American literary history. (46 copies)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment This stunning psychological exploration of the competing claims of human intellect, conscience, and morality is equal parts thriller and philosophical rumination. (45 copies)
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Intergenerational Douglass wrote as persuasively and eloquently as he spoke, making this the most famous and celebrated of the slave narratives to emerge out of the mid-19th century. (36 copies)
George Eliot, Middlemarch In Middlemarch, Eliot created an entire early-19th-century community crowded with characters of various social strata, morality, and conventions. Originally published in serial form, the novel is full of narrative irony and suspense. (33 copies) |
