This month's selection is Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. 

**Join us on Zoom to discuss! https://zoom.us/j/98597461665?pwd=VE5IaytqcUdTSmVDVUxyNW1OL1J2Zz09**

Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism, sulphurous humor, and delight in human oddity and error.

The Great Books discussion is structured so that the evening’s selected reading is discussed in a think tank environment with the intention of gaining insight from other readers that one would not have by reading alone. The seminar facilitator asks questions of the participants about the reading selection and helps the discussion stay focused. Our main goal is to have fun and take many interpretations from the group in order to enjoy a greater understanding of a selected reading.

Discussions are open to everyone and free of charge.  For a list of past and future discussion books and to contact the group visit, http://mail.salticid.com/mailman/listinfo/forbes_great_books_salticid.com.

About the facilitator:

Hilary Caws-Elwitt has her BA in English & American Literature from Harvard, MLS from University of Arizona, and ran Susquehanna County Reads for its first 4 years. But mostly she loves reading and discussing the books!

Forbes Library (Spaces) is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Forbes Great Books
Time: Sep 21, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
        Every month on the Third Mon, 11 occurrence(s)
        Sep 21, 2020 07:00 PM
        Oct 19, 2020 07:00 PM
        Nov 16, 2020 07:00 PM
        Dec 21, 2020 07:00 PM
        Jan 18, 2021 07:00 PM
        Feb 15, 2021 07:00 PM
        Mar 15, 2021 07:00 PM
        Apr 19, 2021 07:00 PM
        May 17, 2021 07:00 PM
        Jun 21, 2021 07:00 PM
        Jul 19, 2021 07:00 PM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Monthly: https://zoom.us/meeting/tJwofu6sqDosHNGM9nwBVFX6-X3cdNFkq6ri/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCgqzItHtKUth-CRow-GYr4KOjwpn5dgo16sUbrFAJlRDuge9oRMbZRNtPB

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/98597461665?pwd=VE5IaytqcUdTSmVDVUxyNW1OL1J2Zz09

Meeting ID: 985 9746 1665
Passcode: 437942
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,98597461665#,,,,,,0#,,437942# US (Germantown)
+13126266799,,98597461665#,,,,,,0#,,437942# US (Chicago)

Dial by your location
        +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 985 9746 1665
Passcode: 437942
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/a3Hgahx5x