Join the Anselm Society Book Club for a little George MacDonald.

Although this great influencer of C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle created plays, essays, sermons, and poems, he’s best known for his fairy tales and fantasy novels, of which, we will indulge ourselves this January.

Join us at 6:30pm on Saturday, January 15, as the Book Club begins its discussion of The Light Princess, MacDonald’s fantastical story about a weightless princess and the woe that her Sleeping Beauty-like birthday curse brings to her kingdom.

You can find a free e-text version here or, if you prefer to listen and read, click here.

To RSVP by January 11 and receive directions to the home of Judith Sears, drop a note to anita@anselmsociety.org.

 
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