We will discuss the following works of short fiction. “The Necklace,” Guy de Maupassant; “Interpreter of Maladies,” Jhumpa Lahiri; “The Nightingale and the Rose,” Oscar Wilde; “Kew Gardens” and “A Haunted House,” Virginia Woolf; The Queen of Spades, Alexander Pushkin (novella); “How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy; “White Nights," Fyodor Dostoyevsky; “Cathedral,” Raymond Carver; “Tenth of December” George Sanders; The Land in Winter, Andrew Miller (novel); and a “tour" of poetry by Chaucer, Shakespeare, T. S. Eliott, Brooks, Dove, and others. Discuss, listen, enjoy!

Moderator: John Briggs has moderated numerous OLLI classes, usually with survivors. He is NOT "the Professor," and he believes the course is for enjoyment. Read what you want, talk if you want, remain silent if you want. But enjoy!