Sept. 2021 - Jan. 2022: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Book Club is a community of local bookworms, students, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. Join us for a lively discussion of Dickens's novel, Bleak House.
| Date | Readings | Facilitator | Resources |
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September 26 |
Bleak House, Installments I-V, chapters 1-16 |
John Jordan, Co-Director of the Dickens Project |
Zoom Recording |
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October 24 |
Bleak House, Installments VI-X, chapters 17-32 |
John Jordan, Co-Director of the Dickens Project |
Zoom Registration Link |
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November 28 |
Bleak House, Installments XI-XV, chapters 33-49 |
TBD |
Zoom Registration Link |
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January 23 |
Bleak House, Installments XVI-XX, chapters 50-67 |
John Jordan, Co-Director of the Dickens Project |
Zoom Registration Link |
Preparation for the Discussion: The meetings for Bleak House will be a hybrid of in-person attendance and Zoom attendance.
Recommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novel, but other versions are fine. Download the novel to read at Gutenburg.org or to listen at LibriVox.org.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
