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Classics Book Discussion: Four Novels by Penelope Fitzgerald
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Thursday, October 01
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Virtual Room, Room A/B/COur group will meet monthly to work our way through four of Penelope Fitzgerald's contemporary classic novels.
Award-winning British writer Penelope Fitzgerald (1916-2000) was known for her astonishing, diamond-perfect short novels—some semi-autobiographical, some historical—which she began to publish in her 60s. Our group will meet monthly to work our way through four of her contemporary classic novels, covering such disparate subjects and settings as a bookshop on the East coast of England, the BBC during WWII, the Russian Revolution, and the strange life of German Romantic poet-philosopher Novalis.
“Fitzgerald was Jane Austen’s nearest heir, for precision and invention” - A.S. Byatt
“...the author of several slim, perfect novels …[which] had me abuzz for days the first time I read them. She was curiously perfect.” - Teju Cole
Schedule and titles:
The Bookshop (1978) Sep 3, 2026
Human Voices (1980) Oct 1, 2026
The Beginning of Spring (1988) Nov 5, 2026
The Blue Flower (1995) Dec 3, 2026
Discussions will be held hybrid-style, simultaneously in person and on Zoom, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Register. Books will be available a month before each discussion.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion | Adult Program |
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