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    Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

    Sep 08, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

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    In Search of Lo...

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    ULYSSES 2015

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  • Summer Reflections

    July 22, 2014

      The hardest part is first: the choice to jump or dive, the purposeful, against base instinct launching into air towards a c... Read more

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Audio: Why study Ulysses?

July 22nd, 2014

Toby Brothers talks about why we should study Ulysses and we hear a discussion about chapter Nausica[...]

Technical Difficulties

Technical Difficulties

July 22nd, 2014

Any given moment--no matter how casual, how ordinary--is poised, full of gaping life... [...]

September forwards 2014: Proust, Faulkner, Durrell, Woolf

September forwards 2014: Proust, Faulkner, Durrell, Woolf

July 22nd, 2014

STARTING IN SEPTEMBER In Search of Lost Time Vol. I The Way by Swann's by Marcel Proust 8 week[...]

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September forwards 2014: Proust, Faulkner, Durrell, Woolf

By: Litsalon

July 22, 2014

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STARTING IN SEPTEMBER In Search of Lost Time Vol. I by Marcel Proust 8 weeks £120 meeting times offered: Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday evenings (starting week of Sept. 8th) Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 4 w More...

Sliding into Summer–last studies until September

By: Litsalon

June 18, 2014

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Two Studies in London June & July  (use the links to register)

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Reflections on Moby Dick Salon from Lizzie Harwood, Paris Salon Participant & Writer

By: Litsalon

March 17, 2014

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Lizzie is a writer and Paris Salonista-- she perfectly sums up the expereince of being in the belly of the Whale in last weekend's lively study...check out her blog on writing, living and life's interruptions: http://lizzieharwood.com/2013/03/29/readthewh... More...

Salon Review by Salonista

By: Litsalon

January 20, 2014

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By far the most thrilling reading experiences of my life have centred in Kentish Town, in a cosy sitting room in the home of Toby Brothers, the gifted director of the London Literary Salons. Each of the books we read was... More...

Salon participants describe the Salon

By: Litsalon

October 16, 2013

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The meetings are immensely productive - thanks as ever for steering them so deftly and for drawing the best out of everyone.
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