English Literature – The Rosenbach

Biblioventures: Monsters and Ghosts, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and A Christmas Carol

Date / Time

September 23, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
September 30, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 7, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 14, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 21, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 28, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 11, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 18, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 25, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 2, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 9, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 16, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us on a new Biblioventure with two six-part series of haunted works of the nineteenth century: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Sherlock Mondays: The Hound of the Baskervilles

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May 6, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
May 13, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
May 20, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
May 27, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
June 3, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
June 10, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
June 17, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
June 24, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

We’re continuing our Sherlock Mondays Biblioventure with a special subscriber-only show for eight episodes. Join us as we take a Biblioventure to Dartmoor where a strange diabolical hound haunts the moors, preying upon the heirs of Baskerville Hall. What will the logically reasoning Sherlock Holmes do when faced with a supernatural creature?

Sherlock Mondays

Date / Time

April 22, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The Rosenbach’s new Biblioventure series will focus on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. We’re taking a deep-dive into the adventures of the world’s first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, as they battle the criminal forces of London.

Pickwick Monthly (online)

Date / Time

April 20, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
May 18, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
June 22, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
July 20, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
August 17, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
September 21, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
October 19, 2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a monthly journey through Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first serialized novel written by Dickens and was published in 20 monthly parts (2-3 chapters per month) from March 1836-October 1837. Edward G. Pettit and a rotating set of Dickensian cohosts will talk about (more…)

Thrills! Chills! An Overnight Reading of Dracula

Rosa DohertySeptember 16, 2022

The Rosenbach is the home of first editions of Bram Stoker’s novel, as well as his notes for Dracula, over 100 pages of outlines, early plot ideas, and research notes, compiled by the author over the seven years he developed and wrote the book. This year is the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula and the Rosenbach is celebrating with a spine-tingling, all-night …

Housekeeping: Installment 3 in An Ongoing Discussion of Collections Stewardship at the Rosenbach

Judy GustonSeptember 8, 2022September 20, 2022

In this series, Curator and Senior Director of Collections, Judith M. Guston, will provide The Rosenbach’s Company with background and updates on the Collections Department’s strategic initiative to expand and improve the Rosenbach’s stewardship infrastructure. It’s been a busy summer here in the Collections Department! In early June, we installed our exhibition, 18 Reasons to …

Rosemary for Shakespeare

Isabel StevenApril 22, 2022

April 23 marks the day that we traditionally celebrate William Shakespeare’s birth and deathday, though neither of those occasions are confirmed to have actually been on the 23rd. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, so historians estimate his actual birth was a few days before that. The same holds true for his deathday, which …

Austen Mondays

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September 19, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
September 26, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 3, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 10, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 1, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
October 24, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 7, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 14, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 21, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
November 28, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 5, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 12, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
December 19, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
January 2, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
January 9, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
January 16, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
January 23, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
January 30, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 6, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 13, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 20, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
February 27, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
March 6, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
March 13, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
March 20, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Austen Mondays is sponsored by Lisa Washington The Rosenbach’s new biblioventure series will focus on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Join us for a deep-dive into this classic novel for 24 weeks beginning September 19, 2022. We’re also moving the show to Monday evenings from 7:00-8:30 p.m. For the first half hour of every (more…)

A Decadent Bibliococktails in the Garden (in-person)

Date / Time

April 22, 2022
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Bibliococktails series celebrates great literature and great libations.

George Cruikshank, & Folk Horror at The Rosenbach

RosybrookOctober 30, 2021March 2, 2022

This blog post was written by Andrew White Folk horror! I think of old chestnuts like The Wicker Man, or new Ari Aster movies like Midsommar and Hereditary. But before folk horror was a genre of cinema it was a literary genre: folk horror thrives on Rosenbach library shelves in early Shakespeare printings of Macbeth and …