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The library's Classics Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. All are welcome.
Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.
No registration required.
This club will be held online only at this time. Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC
For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday April 5 | 7 PM
Walden recounts Thoreau's experiences over a two year, two month, and two day period in which he lived by himself in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, located in an isolated stretch of woodland outside Concord, Massachusetts. In Walden, Thoreau marries the physical with the transcendent -- intermixing precise scientific observations of the flora and fauna he encounters and changes in the pond itself with poetic and metaphorical musings on nature. A middling success in Thoreau's own life, Walden has proven to be an enduring classic and one of the most celebrated works of 19th century nonfiction literature.