Great Books LXXVIII

2023 – 2024

Date Author Title Written/Pub/Perf
Oct 3 Alexandre Dumas
(1802- 1870)
The Count of Monte Cristo
COMPLETE
1844-46
Oct 17** Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue & The Purloined Letter
COMPLETE
1841 & 1844
Nov 7 St. Benedict
(480-550)
The Rule
COMPLETE
c. 530
Nov 21 Various The U.S. Constitution & The Bill of Rights
COMPLETE
1789, and various dates
Dec 5 Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
Macbeth
COMPLETE
1623
Winter Break
March 5 Leslie Marmon Silko
(b. 1948)
Ceremony
COMPLETE
1977
March 19 Plato
(c. 427-347 BCE)
Lysis
COMPLETE
c. 390
April 2 Jonathan Swift
(1667-1745)
A Modest Proposal
COMPLETE
1729
April 16** Eugene O’Neill
(1888-1953)
Long Day’s Journey into Night
COMPLETE
1956
May 7 Rachel Carson
(1907-1964)
Silent Spring
COMPLETE
1962
** Three weeks to next session