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Great Books Club

with K.Rose Sague

Every other Monday, 10am-12pm in the Cape May Court House Library- Storytime Room. No registration required.

All events are tentatively scheduled and may change. Please see the CMCL Events Calendar on our website, follow us on social media, and subscribe to our weekly eNewsletter for any and all updates.

This reading club focuses on collections made available through the Great Books Foundation. All are welcome to attend!

Meeting every other Monday, 10am-12pm in the CMCH Storytime Room from Sept. 2022-May 2023.

Through the end of this year, the club will be dedicated to finishing the collection originally focused on during the 2019-2020 session that was cut short: Imperfect Ideal: Utopian & Dystopian Visions. The reading selection for the second half of the session will be determined at a later date.

Date Reading Page #

01/09/2023

 “A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms” from Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift Pages 123-201
01/23/2023 “A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms” from Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift Pages 123-201
03/06/2023 “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith Pages 205-247
03/20/2023 “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith Pages 205-247
04/03/2023 King Lear, Acts I-II by William Shakespeare Pages 1-53
04/17/2023 King Lear, Acts III-V by William Shakespeare Pages 545-119
05/01/2023 The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison Pages 256-264
05/15/2023 Excerpt from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Pages 268-275

AGE GROUP: | 18 or older |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs |

TAGS: | great books club | great books | bookclub | book club |

Cape May Court House
Phone: 609-463-6350
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Mon, Dec 15 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Dec 16 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Dec 17 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Dec 18 8:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Dec 19 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Sat, Dec 20 9:00AM to 4:30PM
Sun, Dec 21 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Thu, Dec 18, 9:30am - 10:30am
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Thu, Dec 18, 10:00am - 11:00am
Cape May Court House - Storytime Room
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Thu, Dec 18, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Thu, Dec 18, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Thu, Dec 18, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Thu, Dec 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Fri, Dec 19, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Wildwood Crest - 2nd Floor Events Room
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Fri, Dec 19, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Sat, Dec 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lower Cape - Public Meeting Room
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Mon, Dec 22, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Mon, Dec 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Lower Cape - Joseph Millman Room
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Mon, Dec 22, 10:30am - 1:30pm
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Mon, Dec 22, 11:00am - 1:00pm
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Snowman Centerpiece - Presented by Linda Christiansen
Mon, Dec 22, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Teen D&D: Group B
Mon, Dec 22, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Cape May Court House - TLC Classroom
Intro to Barre Fusion - Instructed by Karen Manette Bosna
Mon, Dec 22, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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DIY Wood Slice Ornaments - for tweens ages 8 and up
Mon, Dec 22, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Mon, Dec 22, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Mon, Dec 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Dec 23, 9:30am - 10:30am
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Tue, Dec 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Tue, Dec 23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Line Dancing - Instructed by Cathy Cashmere
Tue, Dec 23, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Zumba with Kellie - Instructed by Kellie Wood
Tue, Dec 23, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Wed, Dec 24, 9:15am - 10:15am
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Fit Fusion - Instructed by Lynne Catarro and Holly Kelly
Wed, Dec 24, 9:15am - 10:15am
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Wed, Dec 24, 10:00am - 11:00am
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