Long Novel Weekend

LET’S GO WHALING!

August 24-25, 2013 at Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park

The book:  Moby Dick by Herman Melville

 

Call me Ishmael.  I will be your guide and storyteller on this excursion to the far flung oceans of the world in search of the mighty leviathans of the sea.  We’ll assemble at the Spouter Inn in New Bedford and meet our friend Queequeg the harpooner, then on to Nantucket to sign on to the Pequod, the captain of that vessel, Ahab, bearing a striking resemblance to Gregory Peck.  But, enough for now, I am getting ahead of myself.

Save this weekend,  August 24-25, to discuss a truly Great Book.  We will have three two-hour discussions and Saturday evening we are fortunate to have Professor Samuel Otter of the University of California, Berkeley speak to us followed by a question and answer session.  Professor Otter’s research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century United States literature.  He is a specialist on Herman Melville’s writing.

If you missed last year’s Long Novel Weekend (Dickens’ David Copperfield) don’t make the same mistake this year.  Vallombrosa Center is a quiet, beautiful place with excellent facilities and food.  Join us for a great weekend and great discussions.

For more information and a registration form CLICK HERE.