CHILDHOOD: The Sisters, An Encounter, Araby

James Joyce's Dubliners (1914) has long been recognized as a masterpiece of modern fiction. The 15 short stories in the collection focus on middle-class life in Dublin at the turn of the last century and form a kind of novelistic whole as a portrayal of, in Joyce's words, "a chapter in the moral history of my country." In its uncompromising look at the moral paralysis of various citizens of the Irish capital, the book combines, as does all of Joyce's fiction, naturalistic detail and symbolic design, and does so in prose that has the spare richness of poetry.

Mark Schenker's four lectures will parallel the structure of Dubliners, which Joyce described as depicting the moral condition of Dublin under four of its aspects: childhood, adolescence, mature life, and public life. In the schedule, the stories for each theme are listed, even though the lecture for that date will not touch on all stories under that theme.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin will be discussed.

This is part of the "Classics of 19th-Century English Fiction" series. Bookmark Book Club discussion is lead by Mark Schenker, PhD.

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ADOLESCENCE: Eveline, After the Race, Two Gallants

James Joyce's Dubliners (1914) has long been recognized as a masterpiece of modern fiction. The 15 short stories in the collection focus on middle-class life in Dublin at the turn of the last century and form a kind of novelistic whole as a portrayal of, in Joyce's words, "a chapter in the moral history of my country." In its uncompromising look at the moral paralysis of various citizens of the Irish capital, the book combines, as does all of Joyce's fiction, naturalistic detail and symbolic design, and does so in prose that has the spare richness of poetry.

Mark Schenker's four lectures will parallel the structure of Dubliners, which Joyce described as depicting the moral condition of Dublin under four of its aspects: childhood, adolescence, mature life, and public life. In the schedule, the stories for each theme are listed, even though the lecture for that date will not touch on all stories under that theme.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte will be discussed.

This is part of the "Classics of 19th-Century English Fiction" series. Bookmark Book Club discussion is lead by Mark Schenker, PhD.

Free and Open to the Public | Refreshments Served

Copies of books available @ library

For More Info: 203-488-8702

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library | 146 Thimble Islands Road | Stony Creek, CT 06405

MATURITY: The Boarding House, A Little Cloud, Counterparts, Clay, A Painful Case

James Joyce's Dubliners (1914) has long been recognized as a masterpiece of modern fiction. The 15 short stories in the collection focus on middle-class life in Dublin at the turn of the last century and form a kind of novelistic whole as a portrayal of, in Joyce's words, "a chapter in the moral history of my country." In its uncompromising look at the moral paralysis of various citizens of the Irish capital, the book combines, as does all of Joyce's fiction, naturalistic detail and symbolic design, and does so in prose that has the spare richness of poetry.

Mark Schenker's four lectures will parallel the structure of Dubliners, which Joyce described as depicting the moral condition of Dublin under four of its aspects: childhood, adolescence, mature life, and public life. In the schedule, the stories for each theme are listed, even though the lecture for that date will not touch on all stories under that theme.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte will be discussed.

This is part of the "Classics of 19th-Century English Fiction" series. Bookmark Book Club discussion is lead by Mark Schenker, PhD.

Free and Open to the Public | Refreshments Served

Copies of books available @ library

For More Info: 203-488-8702

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library | 146 Thimble Islands Road | Stony Creek, CT 06405

PUBLIC LIFE: Ivy Day in the Committee Room, A Mother, Grace, The Dead

James Joyce's Dubliners (1914) has long been recognized as a masterpiece of modern fiction. The 15 short stories in the collection focus on middle-class life in Dublin at the turn of the last century and form a kind of novelistic whole as a portrayal of, in Joyce's words, "a chapter in the moral history of my country." In its uncompromising look at the moral paralysis of various citizens of the Irish capital, the book combines, as does all of Joyce's fiction, naturalistic detail and symbolic design, and does so in prose that has the spare richness of poetry.

Mark Schenker's four lectures will parallel the structure of Dubliners, which Joyce described as depicting the moral condition of Dublin under four of its aspects: childhood, adolescence, mature life, and public life. In the schedule, the stories for each theme are listed, even though the lecture for that date will not touch on all stories under that theme.

Middlemarch by George Eliot will be discussed.

This is part of the "Classics of 19th-Century English Fiction" series. Bookmark Book Club discussion is lead by Mark Schenker, PhD.

Free and Open to the Public | Refreshments Served

Copies of books available @ library

For More Info: 203-488-8702

Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library | 146 Thimble Islands Road | Stony Creek, CT 06405