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Great Books
2025-08-13 18:00:00 2025-08-13 20:00:00 America/Phoenix Great Books Tempe Public Library - Connections Café

Wednesday, August 13
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-13 18:00:00 2025-08-13 20:00:00 America/Phoenix Great Books The Great Books Foundation promotes reading, thinking and sharing of ideas. Tempe Public Library - Connections Café

Tempe Public Library

Connections Café

The Great Books Foundation promotes reading, thinking and sharing of ideas.

The Great Books Foundation promotes reading, thinking and sharing of ideas. Meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, 6-8 p.m. You will need to provide your own copies of the books.

  • May 14 - A Passion in the Desert by Honore de Balzac
  • May 28 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
  • June 11 - The Real Thing by Henry James
  • June 25 - A Lady with a Dog by Anton Chekov
  • July 9 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • July 23 - Her First Ball by Katherine Mansfield
  • August 13 - Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway
  • August 27 - The Diver by V.S. Pritchett

All readings from The Great Books Foundation Short Story Omnibus

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs |

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