Age Group:
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Program Description
Details
Read and discuss writings from the Great Books collection with us. To join, please complete the form at lakeforestlibrary.org/greatbooks.
Readings and topics
January 18
Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol – 1842
February 1
What to the Slave is the 4th of July?, Douglass – 1852
February 15
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address – 1865
March 1
Ethan Brand, Hawthorne – 1852
March 15
The Open Boat, Crane – 1897
April 5
The Souls of Black Folk, DuBois – 1903
Slave Songs – 1867
April 19
The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, Eliot – 1915
May 3
Daughters of the Late Colonel, Mansfield – 1920
May 17
Mr. Flood's Party, Robinson – 1920
The Hill Wife, Frost – 1922
The Telephone, Frost – 1916
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Beginning Sunday, April 20, 2025, our registration process has updated. Select the Register button and complete the form. The form may have 2 or more steps.
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