No, not in person, but virtually. We have chosen a book for May/June that we can all read online. E..M. Forster's classic, "A Room with a View" is not available through regular library channels but can be obtained from a number of sites including Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org), Google Books (books.google.com) and Spark Notes (www.sparknotes.com which also includes background information and analysis of the text.) We will also have a few paperback copies we can make available. We will read a few chapters each week. Comments can be shared on our Face Book page. For 5/27, we are reading chapters 1-4.
It is a story of two young British ladies on vacation in Florence, and it opens with a dinner scene in which they decry the fact that the rooms they have been given don’t have a view of the Arno. Enter the melancholy hero and his father, who offer up their rooms with a view, thus offending the sensibilities of the two Edwardian cousins. Published in 1908, the novel is a delightful romance with a blatant critique of English society and a window into its changing times. Links will be posted on our Sharon Springs Face Book page and blog site (http://shslib.blogspot.com). Send an email to HThomas1@mvls.info if you need assistance accessing the book.
