Great Books at Noble Road Library
2012-2013



Sept 18
John Steinbeck
1902-1968
East of Eden
(1952)
Complete
Oct 2 Plato
~427-347 bc
The Republic
(~380 bc)
Bks V-VI
Oct 16 Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
(1791)
Complete

 NO MEETING NOV 6 DUE TO THE ELECTION 
Nov 20
**
Max Weber
1864-1920
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) Complete
Dec 4 Lu Xun
1881-1936
The Real Story of Ah-Q (1922)
Diary of a Madman (1918)
Complete
Complete
Jan 15
**
Thomas Malory
1405-1471
Le Morte d'Arthur
(1485)
Vol. II
Feb 5
*
Thorstein Veblen
1857-1929
Theory of the Leisure Class
(1899)
Chs 1-4
Feb 19 Shakespeare
1564-1616
The Life and Death of Richard II
(1595)
Complete
Mar 5 Lorraine Hansberry
1930-1965
A Raisin in the Sun
(1959)
Complete
Mar 19 Bertrand Russell
1872-1970
A Free Man's Worship (1903)
Why I am Not a Christian (1927)
On the Value of Skepticism (1928)
Complete
Complete
Complete
Apr 2 -- Song of Roland (11-12th cent.) Complete
Apr 16 Chekhov
1860-1904
The Seagull
(1895)
Complete
May 7
*
Carl Jung
1875-1961
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
(1963)
Prologue
& Chs 1-6