About us
This is a book club for readers who crave depth. We read fiction that wrestles with the big questions—freedom, suffering, morality, meaning, love, death, and the human condition.
Our focus is on fiction that engages with big philosophical ideas. Think Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Camus, Kafka, Kundera, Nietzsche, Bulgakov, and others. If a novel leaves you thinking for days or sparks a philosophical crisis, it probably belongs here.
This club values openness, curiosity, and genuine conversation. No academic background required. Just bring your thoughts and an open mind.
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White Nights- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USWhite Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersburg, it is the story of a young man fighting his inner restlessness. A light and tender narrative, it delves into the torment and guilt of unrequited love. Both protagonists suffer from a deep sense of alienation that initially brings them together. A blend of romanticism and realism, the story appeals gently to the senses and feelings.\
It's in the public domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36034/36034-h/36034-h.htm
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Master And Man - Leo Tolstoy
Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USIt happened in the 'seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas's Day. There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home. But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time. He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
The story is in the public domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/986/986-h/986-h.htm
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Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett
Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USThe story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.
PDF link to the play (or go watch it online): https://resources.saylor.org/wwwresources/archived/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Waiting-for-Godot.pdf
10 attendees
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