12p Sat. July 4th: Dostoevsky's NOTES "FROM UNDERGROUND" & "GRAND INQUISITOR"
Details
Join us Saturday, July 4th, noon to 1:45p at CC's Coffee House on Esplanade Ave. (between North Broad and City Park). We might or might not be in their community room -- to the right, before the bathrooms, as you walk in. Come and leave anytime.
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We'll discuss 2 short texts by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (Any translation is acceptable.)
[1]
"NOTES (or LETTERS) FROM UNDERGROUND" -- a 1864 novella.
About 110 pages.
[2]
"The GRAND INQUISITOR" -- one chapter (Book V, Chapter 5) in his 1880 final novel "The Brothers Karamazov". About 20 pages.
Both texts are available for free online as text, like at gutenberg.org , and as audio recording, like on youtube.com .
The two texts have been bundled into the book "Notes from Underground, The Grand Inquisitor", edited by Ralph Matlaw.
Used copies at bookfinder.com for $ 7.
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More in-depth discussion of "The Grand Inquisitor" two weeks later, July 18. Details at
https://www.meetup.com/convivial/events/315180287/
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If you are coming, you must RSVP. No drop-ins. No bringing guests. Do change your RSVP to NO if you end up not coming. As for all attendees, it is expected that you have finished reading the material.
For more info, contact Guy Henoumont anytime at 504-460-9049 or at guyheno@gmail. com .