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The Great Books Discussion Group will meet IN PERSON.

This is a structured group that follows the Great Books program. Each month the group has focused discussions on a limited number of readings from the designated book. The smaller amount of reading allows the group to go more in depth with their analysis of the literature. The group generally meets the third Wednesday of the month, from 7:00 - 8:00pm, in the Community Room. For more information, email circulation@gpl.org or call the Circulation Desk at 978-448-1167.

2022/23 selections from Great Conversations 6, available for borrowing from GPL or for purchase from the Great Books Foundation. Visit greatbooks.org for more information.

September 21 On Tranquility of the Mind, Seneca

October 19 The New Organon*, Francis Bacon

November 16 A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke

December 14  Discourse Seven, Joshua Reynolds

January 18 The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám / Rabbi Ben Ezra, Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward FitzGerald / Robert Browning

February 15 The Lifted Veil, George Eliot

March 15 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Mark Twain

April 19 On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life*, Friedrich Nietzsche

May 17 The Devil Baby at Hull House, Jane Addams

June 21 The Man Who Could Work Miracles, H. G. Wells