Great Books Book Group (Main/Virtual)

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Cambridge Public Library

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This Event is free!

Location

  • In-person only.

Main Library

449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Mid Cambridge

Dates and Times

Tuesday, March 11 7PM – 9PM

Additional information

This week's selection: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, "The American Scholar," "The Divinity School Address"

Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt. 

How to get the print book: Copies of the reading are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during current service hours and a staff member can help you get a copy.

How to register: Registration is required. Click the registration link below to register.

This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event.

For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov) 

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Tuesday, March 11 7PM – 9PM
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Last updated February 9, 2025.

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