The AM Book Group meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December)  

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1945; 315 pages). Posted in 1943 to a country estate commandeered for the war effort, Charles Ryder reminisces about his relationship with the wealthy Marchmain family who owns Brideshead, allowing the author to dissect the lives of the British upper classes and comment on a range of social and moral issues, from homosexuality to religion.

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The AM Book Group meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December)  

Candide by Voltaire (1759; app. 200 pages). Written in response to the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, Voltaire’s masterpiece of history, philosophy and coming-of-age story has been much mentioned in our current time of natural disasters and other catastrophes. Through the misadventures of the optimistic youth Candide, Voltaire gives the lie to the maxim that “All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” If possible, please read the Theo Cuffe translation.

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The AM Book Group meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December)  

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad (1907; 245 pages). Things turn out to be not quite that simple after all for London shopkeeper (and secret agent) Mr. Verloc when he gets embroiled in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory.

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The AM Book Group meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December)  

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The AM Book Group meets the fourth Wednesday of the month (except December)  

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