“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

Thursday November 5 at 4PM in Bradley House.

Food and refreshments provided.

Informal Discussion of the works of Edgar Allen Poe including
The Gold-Bug
The Masque of the Red Death
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Tell-Tale Heart
Annabel Lee
The Raven
Tamerlane
The Fall of the House of Usher
A Descent into the Maelstrom
Metzengerstein

http://www.poestories.com/

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Freedom or Happiness?

Host: Great Books Society

Date: Friday, September 25, 2009

Time: 2:45pm – 4:15pm

Location: Bradley House

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Friday, April 24, 2009

2:45pm – 5:00pm

Bradley House 3rd Floor

Email:

skallock@gmail.com

Description

Harry Potter vs Lord of the Rings

We all have our loyalties to our childhood Fantasy series, but are you willing to go to bat for those loyalties?

Who is a batter hero- Frodo or Harry?

A better villain, Voldemort (Oops! I mean He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named) or Sauron?

Why are these stories important for us? Why do we have fantasy?

Come duke it out!

Theme related Food!! Butterbeer and lembas

Please don’t dress up. Spare us the agony. Thank you.

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The Great Books Society is holding a discussion on the works of

James Joyce

March 20th 3pm Bradley House

works include:

Ulysses

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

The short story collection, Dubliners
You can get electronic versions of these by clicking on these links.

rsvp with Sara Kallock at skallock@anselm.edu

The Anselmian Great Books Discussion invites you to a discussion
Fri. February 6th at 3:00 pm
on the works of

Vladimir Nobokov

author

of

the novels

Lolita,
Pale Fire,

and

An Invitation to a Beheading

…. as well as numerous short stories

and

inspiration of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.

Known a prose style that reflects the convoluted and insular minds is his unusual characters, Vladimir Nobokov is one of the 20th century’s most controversial writers.

Please join our discussion on this fascinating literary figure who left Europe for America and only died in the last 30 years.

From novels, to novellas, to short stories, Nobokov has a varying collection of works to read!

In Bradley House on

Fri. February 6th at 3:00 pm

The Great Books Society is holding a Discussion on

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18

John Banville’s Winning novel,

The Sea

“This is a novel in which all Banville’s remarkable gifts come together to produce a real work of art, disquieting, disturbing, beautiful, intelligent, and in the end, surprisingly, offering consolation.”

The discussion will be at 

4:30 pm on

Saturday October 18th

Free, good food,

please RSVP with me if interested in attending.

Email: Sara at skallock@anselm.edu to RSVP

The Sea is where Max Morden, a middle-aged art historian, retreats after his wife dies of cancer. Max goes to the Irish seaside village of Ballyless where he once spent a holiday as a boy. While there, he alternately remembers his life with his wife and that summer holiday where he became infatuated with the wealthy and sophisticated Grace family, first with the mother, and then with the daughter. These relationships with these three women were the uneasy mess of life that helped define who he has come to be. Even now in retrospect, Max must remember even the most difficult truths if he is to find solace in them……

Review can be found at: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2005-11-07-banville_x.htm

Go to www.anselmphilosophy.com/gbs for more info. Contact Sara or Professor Banach if you need a copy of the book.

Friday 3/28 3 PM Bradley

Here is some information on the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend

Here is the movie website:

http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/

Date of discussio to be determined

contact skallock@anselm.edu for a copy of the book.

On Sunday January 27th at 5 pm in Bradley House Lounge

for dinner and a discussion of the book

The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

Any familiarity with the text or it’s issues is welcome.

And please bring a dish if you wish!

Also soon to be a major motion picture:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/thekiterunner/

The Anselmian Great Books Society is selling blank cards, very versatile, and great for the any occasion, or gifts to others!

Each card is a photo of books from

Geisel library’s rare books collection.

All proceeds support the Anselmian Great Books Society, a student club dedicated to reading and philosophic discussion.

If interested, please contact club president Sara Kallock at skallock@anselm.edu

Prices:

2.50$ per card

3 for 6$

5 for 10$

All 7 pieces for 14$

Limited supply available!

The Anselmian Great Books Society

Will be holding a meeting in Bradley House Lounge

Sunday November 18th at 3:30 PM

The text is a short story by Mark Twain

“Letters from the Earth”

All are invited!

Potluck.

Letters from Earth by Mark Twain

Full text

(skallock@anselm.edu)

Things Fall Apart will be the text of a possible December meeting, date TBA.