Monday Evening with Friends Book Club: "House of Mirth"
Reading and discussing a range of classic and current fiction and non-fiction current literary and historical fiction
We meet the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30p.m. (Except May and December when we meet the third Monday). This is a volunteer-led book club. New members are welcome.
We are reading:
- Jan. 27: "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Feb. 24: "The Personal Librarian" by Marie Benedict
- Mar. 24: "North Woods" by Daniel Mason
- Apr. 28: "Beasts of a Little Land" by Juhea Kim
- May 19: "Twilight of Democracy" by Anne Applebaum
- June 23: "James: a novel" by Percival Everett
- July 28: "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters
- Aug. 25: "The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder" by David Grann
- Sept. 22: "House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton
- Oct. 27: "The Women" by Kristin Hannah
- Nov. 24: "Absolution" by Alice McDermott
- Dec.15: "Little Boys Come from the Stars" by Emmanuel Boundzeki Dongala
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For more information, contact Lib-CentralOperations@arlingtonva.us.
- Date:
- Monday, September 22, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Glebe Room
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her spark of character and independent drive prevents her from becoming one of the many women who will succeed in those circles. Though her desire for a comfortable life means that she cannot marry for love without money, her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals. As Lily spirals down into debt and dishonor, her story takes on the resonance of classic tragedy. In telling the story of Lily Bart, Wharton recasts the age-old themes of family, marriage, and money in ways that transform the traditional novel of manners into an arrestingly modern tale of one woman's struggle to succeed. -- from Amazon.