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Online Event: Great Books Discussion Group
Thursday, May 11
10:00am - 11:30am
Join us online and discuss short stories from the "100 Great Short Stories" collection edited by James Daley. Library copies available upon request. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the event start time. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-535-4219 or capleyb@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+
2023 Short Story Discussion Schedule
- January 19
- “The Apparition of Mrs. Veal” by Daniel Defoe (pp. 1-8)
- “Alice Addertongue” by Benjamin Franklin (pp. 9-13)
- February 2
- “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving (pp. 14-24)
- “Mateo Falcone” by Prosper Mérimée (pp. 25-36)
- February 16
- “Napolean and the Spectre” by Charlotte Brontë (pp. 37-40)
- “The Mortal Immortal: A Tale” by Mary Shelley (pp. 41-53)
- March 2
- “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp. 54-66)
- “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (pp. 67-76)
- March 16
- “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe (pp.77-82)
- “The Tell-Tale Heart” By Edgar Allan Poe (pp. 83-87)
- March 30
- “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (pp. 88-94)
- “The Knitted Collar” by Mary Anne Hoare (pp. 95-101)
- April 13:
- Big Read discussion group: “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude” by Ross Gay
- April 27
- “The District Doctor” by Ivan S. Turgenev (pp. 102-110)
- “Nobody’s Story” by Charles Dickens (pp. 111-116)
- May 11
- “The Fiddler” by Herman Melville (pp. 117-122)
- “The Lightning-Rod Man” by Herman Melville (pp. 123-129)
- May 25
- “Selecting the Faculty” by Robert Carlton (pp. 130-135)
- “The Cold Embrace” by Mary E. Braddon (pp. 136-144)
- June 8
- “The Pope’s Mule” by Alphonse Daudet (pp. 145-154)
- “Journalism in Tennessee” by Mark Twain (pp. 155-161)
- June 22
- “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte (pp. 162-171)
- “Bill Nations” by Bill Arp (pp. 172-174)
- July 6
- “A Jersey Centenarian” by Bret Harte (pp. 175-180)
- “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain (pp. 181-186)
AGE GROUP: | Older Adults (55+) | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Online | Conversation Circles | Book Clubs |
TAGS: | Virtual Program | Online | Literature | Hobbies & Special Interest |
Miami Beach Regional
| Mon, May 04 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
| Tue, May 05 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, May 06 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
| Thu, May 07 | 9:30AM to 8:00PM |
| Fri, May 08 | Closed |
| Sat, May 09 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, May 10 | Closed |
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