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SUMMARY:French Lit Discussion Group
UID:23492
DTSTAMP:20260409T125900Z
DTSTART:20260512T000000Z
DTEND:20260512T013000Z
LOCATION:4747 West Napoleon Ave, Metairie, LA 70001, United States
ROOM: A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor
DESCRIPTION:The members of the French Lit Discussion Group have decided to
  undertake the eighteen-month reading of the Alexandre Dumas’ D’Artagn
 an Romances, which begins with The Three Musketeers and ends several books
  later with The Man in the Iron Mask. The group, which has been growing i
 n recent months, consists of people who are interested in French culture. 
 It meets at 7 p.m., the second Monday of each month at the East Bank Regio
 nal Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. Group members have a general unde
 rstanding of the French language but the books are read in English. Most g
 roup members have been to France.The D’Artagnan Romances consist of at l
 east five books that were serialized in French newspapers when they were w
 ritten, beginning in 1844. When they were published in book form, there we
 re as many as nine volumes.The most recent discovery of unfinished The Red
  Sphinx, written near the end of Dumas’ career in 1866, is included in t
 he endeavor.7 p.m., Jan. 12 – The Three Musketeers, first of three sessi
 ons, chapters 1 to 22.7 p.m., Feb. 9 – The Three Musketeers, second of t
 hree sessions, chapters 29 to 44.7 p.m., March 9 – The Three Musketeers,
  third of three sessions, chapter 45 to the epilogue.7 p.m., April 13 – 
 Twenty Years After, first of three sessions, chapters 1 to 33.7 p.m., May 
 11 – Twenty Years After, second of three sessions, chapters 34 to 67.7 p
 .m., June 8 – Twenty Years After, third of three sessions, chapters 68 t
 o the end.The Three Musketeers consists of approximately 675 pages; Twent
 y Years After of about 785 chapters. The other books in the series include
  The Viconte de Brageleone (670 pages), Louise de la Valliere (670 pages)
 , and The Man in the Iron Mask (715 pages), and The Red Sphinx (835 pages)
 .Because all of Dumas’ works are in the public domain, participants are 
 encouraged to look for free sources such as Gutenburg.com or YouTube.com f
 or free audiobooks.
URL:https://calendar.jplibrary.net/event/french-lit-discussion-group-23492
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