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150 Years of Reading Great Books

Presented by Sturgis Library at Sturgis Library, Barnstable MA

Jan 24 2017
150 Years of Reading Great Books

Sturgis Library first opened its doors for business in August 1867, making 2017 our 150th anniversary. As part of our celebration, our winter literary discussion program will focus on books of note from the past 150 years.

Dr. S. Elaine Craghead, Massachusetts Maritime Academy full professor, will lead a discussion of Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington, the novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1921.  The heroine, Alice, is caught in a class system which she attempts to escape.  Her situation can be compared to that of other protagonists of both realist and naturalist fiction focusing on class in the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Lily Bart of Wharton's House of Mirth, Maggie of ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

This program is free, but registration is appreciated:

By phone at 508-362-6636, by email at

sturgisreference@comcast.net, or online at

http://www.sturgislibrary.org/event2/literary-discussion-program/

LOCATION

Sturgis Library

3090 Main Street, P.O. Box 606 , Barnstable, MA 02630

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