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The
Great Books reading group that meets at Eastern Monroe Public Library is one
of more than 800 reading groups in the Great Books tradition. "What do we mean
by great literature? It is, simply, literature that generations of readers can't
stop talking about". To find out more about Great Books reading and teaching
programs, please click on this link.
Meetings are scheduled at the library on the first and/or third Thursday of
each month from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm., September through May based on availability
of space at the library. New members are always welcome. For more information
or to confirm a date, contact Jean at jenie@ptd.net
The first readings are taken from the Great Books anthology
The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler, as identified here: ADU-
SEPTEMBER,
2012: PRIDE
6 A
ROSE FOR EMILY, William Faulkner
20 GOOD COUNTRY
PEOPLE, Flannery O'Connor
OCTOBER:
ENVY
4 ROMAN
FEVER, Edith Wharton
18 SMOKERS, Tobias
Wolff
NOVEMBER:
ANGER
1 MARY
POSTGATE, Rudyard Kipling
15 HAIRBALL,
Margaret Atwood
DECEMBER:
SLOTH
6 THE
HOUSE WITH THE MEZZANINE, Anton Chekhov
20
JANUARY
2013:
GREED
__ THE ROCKING
HORSE WINNER, D.H. Lawrence
__ THE INHERITED
CLOCK, Elizabeth Bowen
FEBRUARY 2013:
GLUTTONY
__ FAT, Raymond
Carver
__ FAMINE, Xu Xi
MARCH 2013:
LUST
__ NOT A GOOD GIRL,
Perri Klass
__ FOR THE RELIEF
OF UNBEARABLE URGES, Nathan Englander