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Big Book Club's "What the Whale!"


Our Mission: To read really big books, talk about them online, and cheer each other on when necessary.

Each week librarians Jennie, Megan, Pete and Alex ask and answer questions that come up during our online Sunday night discussion, drop pop-culture references, talk to guest experts, and more.

Previous books: War and Peace (summer 2018); Middlemarch (winter 2019)

The Big Book Club is a production of the Arlington Public Library, Arlington Virginia

Aug 15, 2018

Alex is back from Vermont and the gang's all together again! This week we tackle Pierre's near fatal observance of the Battle of Boradino, Tolstoy's retconning of relationships and deepening of his themes, why the serfs wouldn't let Marya leave her estate, and Andrei's dangerous bitey emotions.

References include:

"You're going to make it after all..." - Mary Tyler Moore opening

The Chandelier Napoleon Gifted to Josephine - scene from the film "What a Girl Wants"

"Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't" by John Atkinson

 

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