MILL HOUSE
BOOK CLUB
1:00 p.m.
The Nutman/Java Dancer
1319 Hwy 175, Hubertus
All are welcome to attend
Questions? Call Kathy at 262-628-3672
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Featured Book: The Red Tent
Author: Anita Diamant
The Red Tent retells the story of Dinah, which is found in the
Biblical book of Genesis, Chapter 34. This episode, usually known as the
"Rape of Dinah" has been a difficult passage for bible readers for centuries
because of the murderous behavior of Jacob's sons. In Genesis, Dinah does
not say a single word; what happens to her is recounted and characterized as
rape by her brothers. In my retelling of the story, Dinah finds her voice.
The Red Tent is told entirely from her perspective and the point of
view of the women around her.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Featured Book: The Mill on the Floss
Author: George Eliot The Mill on the Floss,
published in 1860, is based partially on Eliot's own experiences with her
family and her brother Isaac, who was three years older than Eliot. Eliot's
father, like Mr. Tulliver in the novel, was a businessman who had married a
woman from a higher social class, whose sisters were rich,
ultra-respectable, and self-satisfied; these maternal aunts provided the
character models for the aunts in the novel. Like Maggie, Eliot was
disorderly and energetic and did not fit traditional models of feminine
beauty or behavior, causing her family a great deal of consternation.
Maggie Tulliver is the impetuous, clever younger daughter of the Tullivers
of Dorlcote Mill in St. Ogg's. Maggie frustrates her superficial mother with
her unconventional dark coloring and unnatural activeness and intelligence.
Maggie's father often takes Maggie's side, but it is Maggie's older brother
Tom upon whom she is emotionally dependent. Maggie's greatest happiness is
Tom's affection, and his disapproval creates dramatic despair in Maggie,
whose view of the world, as all children's, lacks perspective.
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