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Book Club | The Body in the Library Book Club: Nekesa Afia, Dead Dead Girls | In-Person
Mar
11
In-Person, Book Clubs, Paid, Public

Book Club | The Body in the Library Book Club: Nekesa Afia, Dead Dead Girls | In-Person

This is the third and final session of this series of The Body in the Library Book Club. In this series we celebrate the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance by rediscovering talented mystery writers from the era, and then engage with recent mystery novels set in early 20th-century Harlem. During this session we will be focusing on Nekesa Afia’s, Dead Dead Girls (2021)

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[ONE SEAT LEFT] The Republic of Letters: The Rosenbach’s American History Book Club, in Partnership with Carpenters’ Hall
May
6
to May 6
In-Person, Book Clubs, Paid

[ONE SEAT LEFT] The Republic of Letters: The Rosenbach’s American History Book Club, in Partnership with Carpenters’ Hall

The book club’s first season is titled “The Founders, Revisited.” Inspired by rare books and manuscripts in the Rosenbach and Carpenters’ Hall collections, this season’s book club meetings will critically examine the contributions and complicated legacies of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Frederick Douglass, and Benjamin Rush. 

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[SOLD OUT] Book-Club | The Ladies of the House of Love: “Horrid Novels”: Gothic Inspirations for Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey  | In-Person
May
13
Book Clubs, Paid, Jane Austin, Public, In-Person

[SOLD OUT] Book-Club | The Ladies of the House of Love: “Horrid Novels”: Gothic Inspirations for Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey  | In-Person

  • May 13, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • June 3, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • July 8, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • September 9, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • October 14, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • November 11, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  • December 9, 2025 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

This special book club season of The Ladies of the House of Love will begin with three iconic Gothic works, including one, Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794), that Austen heavily satirizes in Northanger Abbey. Then, the club will explore lesser-known books that Austen references as “horrid novels” in Northanger. Finally, on December 9, 2025, just one week before Austen’s 250th birthday, the club will read Northanger Abbey and hold a birthday party for the Authoress.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of the Gothic as part of a community of fellow book lovers and Janeites!

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