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Albany Library Great Books Discussion Group

February 27  Design by Robert Frost * & The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop*


March 27        Pardoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by David Wright**


April 24          An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume (selection)**

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May 22           A Defence of Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley (selection)**


June 26           Unknown Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac, translated by Stanley Appelbaum**

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July 24           "Reader's Choice." Bring a favorite book, play or poem to share with the group.


August 28       Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


Sept. 25          The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling**


October 23     Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, translated by Eric Bentley**


Nov. 27           Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa


December 26 (Thursday)    Holiday Luncheon


*From the Great Books anthology, Order and Chaos


**From the Great Books anthology, Great Conversations 3 available from the Great Books Foundation or through the facilitator.


Rosalie Gonzales facilitates discussion. Come to one or all meetings, no registration needed. Books or copied selections are available at the library.

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