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 |