by Renee Paolino | Feb 24, 2025 | Blog
Zoom ONLY: March 4th, 7:30 p.m. (Eastern): The Street, Ann Petry Join the mailing list to get the Zoom link and info on how to join. As a result of the continuing severe winter weather, the upcoming Great Books meeting will be a virtual event. Relax in the comfort of...
by Renee Paolino | Jun 5, 2024 | Announcements, Blog
Yes it’s here — Great Books of Greater Cleveland (GBofGC) presents the reading list for 2024-2025. This is our 79th year, and we open the year with an undisputed, worldwide classic. We will discuss Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece, on September 17, 2024....
by Renee Paolino | Apr 11, 2024 | Announcements, Blog
Long Day’s Journey into Night, written in the 1950s, strongly resonates with us today, and will continue to do so for future generations. We discuss O’Neill’s play, widely considered his magnum opus, this Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 p.m. This drama which takes place in a...
by Renee Paolino | Feb 7, 2024 | Announcements, Blog
Great Books of Greater Cleveland is well known for discussing the classics in fiction and nonfiction. Yet even in its earliest years — the 1940s and 1950s — this group actively sought to include writers of classics from outside the conventional “Great Books of the...
by Renee Paolino | Oct 5, 2023 | Announcements, Blog
Great Books is a conversation; it is not a lecture. I’ve seemed to have forgotten that fact. For at least the last 20 years, I have allowed the sessions of Great Books of Greater Cleveland to open with a mini lecture comprising background information on the writer and...
by Renee Paolino | Sep 19, 2023 | Announcements, Blog
In two weeks we gather together (in-person or virtually) to discuss the epic novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. This mid-nineteenth century adventure story is incredibly long and detailed. So many characters! I would argue that the plot itself is...
