Tea and Tales I: Short Stories from England NEW

Revered as novelists, great English writers often have given less attention to the short story than their counterparts in America, Ireland or Russia. As we move “across the pond” in our ongoing exploration of the art of the story, we will delve into The Oxford Book of English Short Stories, discussing some of the finest examples of essential and lesser-known England-grown storytellers of the last 150 years: Dickens, Kipling, Hardy, Woolf, Waugh, Huxley, and many more. Participants read the stories in advance, then we discuss them within the context of their time, investigating both their “Englishness” and their universal themes. There is no prerequisite.

Robert Weibezahl, MA, is a writer, editor, critic, and publishing industry veteran who has worked with Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and countless bestselling authors. A columnist for BookPage for two decades, he is also a published novelist and award-winning, internationally-produced playwright. He teaches at Osher programs across the country.