Wed. Sept. 4 and Thurs. Sept. 5
Introduction to the course, and choice of novels
Wed. Sept. 11 and Thurs. Sept. 12
Lecture on Edith Wharton and the Gilded Age
Wed. Sept. 18 and Thurs. Sept. 19
Discussion of The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton
Wed. Sept. 25 and Thurs. Sept. 26
Lecture on Marjorie Post, ladies of the Gilded Age
Wed. Oct. 2 and Thurs. Oct. 3
Discussion of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, Allison Pataki
Wed. Oct. 9 and Thurs. Oct. 10
·Lecture on the Council of Books, WWII
Wed. Oct. 16 and Thurs. Oct. 17
·Discussion of The Librarian of Burned Books, Briana Labuskes
Wed. Oct. 23 and Thurs. Oct. 24
·Lecture on The Cemetery of Untold Stories, Julia Alvarez (optional reading)
Wed. Oct. 30 and Thurs. Oct. 31
·Lecture on Sarajevo Haggadah
Wed. Nov. 6 and Thurs. Nov. 7
·Discussion of People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
Wed. Nov. 13 and Thurs. Nov. 14
Lecture on fake papers and children rescued during WWII
Wed. Nov. 20 and Thurs. Nov. 21
Discussion of The Book of Lost Names, Kristin Harmel
Wed. Nov. 27 and Thurs. Nov. 28
NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING
Wed. Dec. 4 and Thurs. Dec. 5
Discussion of First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston