Up for Discussion: From Romance to Realism in Four Great Novels
Feb 17, 2026 - Mar 10, 2026
Spots remaining: 8
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Description
From PuritanNew England where sinners were publicly shamed and witches flew by night, to mid-nineteenth-century France where the brutality of lower class life is seen through a psychological lens, we will trace how literature reflects the time when people died for love to the time they murderedfor it.We will discuss:The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne;Persuasionby Jane Austen;A Hero of our Timeby Mikhail Lermontov; andTherese Raquinby Emile Zola.
Date(s)February 17 - March 10, 2026
Class Time(s)Tue 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Linda Feeney
Linda Feeney, BA English, MA Library and Information Science, MBA, worked in management at the Ford Foundation. She has taught numerous OLLI courses featuring short stories, novellas, and literary non-fiction.
LocationLake Magdalene Church
# of Meeting(s)4
Notes
This is a face-to-face class.
Weekly - Tue 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; 4 sessions starting 2/17/2026, ending 3/10/2026 (New lessons are released None specified)