ONLINE Classics Book Club

June 2, 2020

7:00 PM  -  8:00 PM

Online

Before the lockdown, Portsmouth Public Library had already begun planning a Classics Book Discussion Group! We define a classic not by its specific time period, but by its staying power and recognized value to society and the literary canon. We will endeavor to include a diverse group of authors, across gender, race, nationality and sexuality.

Now, we are launching the Classics Book Club online. This means we have chosen new titles based on their easy, free availability in digital format. We will begin with Emma by Jane Austen-available in audio and ebook format on Hoopla!

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Emma is a literary classic by Jane Austen following the genteel women of Georgian-Regency England in their most cherished sport: matchmaking. Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied. After a couple she has introduced gets married, she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities and, blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, proceeds to forge ahead in her new interest despite objections. What follows is a comedy of manners, in which Emma repeatedly counsels her friends for or against their marriage prospects, absent any notice of their true emotions or desires.