Name: Next of Kin - An Original Play
Start: 2025-08-20T23:00:00.000Z
Location: Chain Theatre

For our next slow-read, we are going to work our way through *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall*, Anne Brontë's first novel.

*The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* (1848)
Week 1: Chapters 1-7 - July 14
Week 2: Chapters 8-15 - July 21
Week 3: Chapters 16-22 - July 28
Week 4: Chapters 23-30 - August 4
Week 5: Chapters 31-36 - August 11
Week 6: Chapters 37-42 - August 18
Week 7: Chapters 43-48 - August 25
Week 8: Chapters 49-53 - September 1

Literature and Lapdogs - A Group for Book Lovers and Writers

Charlotte

Margery Cox

Robin Irwin

Peggy O'Keefe

Exploring the Brontës: Reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)

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This weekly book group will meet each week to discuss assigned sections of Dante's *The Divine Comedy.*

Sign up for an excuse to read (or reread) classical works of literature.

To facilitate discussion, I will highlight some key points in each of the assigned readings and then we will open the floor for discussion.

#### 🔥 *Inferno* (Cantos 1–34)

| Date | Reading Assignment |
| ---- | ------------------ |
| June 18, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 1–3 |
| June 25, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 4–6 |
| July 2, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 7–9 |
| July 9, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 10–12 |
| July 16, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 13–15 |
| July 23, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 16–18 |
| July 30, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 19–21 |
| August 6, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 22–24 |
| August 13, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 25–27 |
| August 20, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 28–30 |
| August 27, 2025 | Inferno Cantos 31–33 |
| September 3, 2025 | Inferno Canto 34 + Purgatorio Cantos 1–2 |

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#### 🏞 *Purgatorio* (Cantos 1–33)

| Date | Reading Assignment |
| ---- | ------------------ |
| September 10, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 3–5 |
| September 17, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 6–8 |
| September 24, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 9–11 |
| October 1, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 12–14 |
| October 8, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 15–17 |
| October 15, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 18–20 |
| October 22, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 21–23 |
| October 29, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 24–26 |
| November 5, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 27–29 |
| November 12, 2025 | Purgatorio Cantos 30–32 |
| November 19, 2025 | Purgatorio Canto 33 + Paradiso Cantos 1–2 |

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#### 🌟 *Paradiso* (Cantos 1–33)

| Date | Reading Assignment |
| ---- | ------------------ |
| November 26, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 3–5 |
| December 3, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 6–8 |
| December 10, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 9–11 |
| December 17, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 12–14 |
| December 24, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 15–17 |
| December 31, 2025 | Paradiso Cantos 18–20 |
| January 7, 2026 | Paradiso Cantos 21–23 |
| January 14, 2026 | Paradiso Cantos 24–26 |
| January 21, 2026 | Paradiso Cantos 27–29 |
| January 28, 2026 | Paradiso Cantos 30–32 |
| February 4, 2026 | Paradiso Canto 33 |

Please note that if you are joining part way please message me.

Great Reads Book Group: Dante's Divine Comedy

The Unscene Theatre Company is excited to announce its upcoming production of *Next of Kin*.

A rain-soaked night in a New York hospital waiting room sets the stage for *Next of Kin*, an intimate and emotionally raw drama about an encounter between Joyce Peters, a reticent mother estranged from her daughter, and Hannah Markovitz, a professor who has come to care deeply for that same young woman.

As Keira—Joyce's daughter and Hannah's student—lies in critical condition after an accident, the women are forced into unexpected proximity and frank conversation.

Over the course of eighteen hours, what begins as awkward tension develops into piercing vulnerability, as they confront grief, estrangement, identity, and the quiet ache of maternal failure.

*Next of Kin* deftly explores the complexities of chosen versus biological family, asking whether reconciliation is ever too late—or sometimes better left unspoken.

This is a story about caregiving at the edges of love, and the difficult decisions that arise when past wounds come face to face with fragile hope.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite:

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