The Oakmont Book
Group is comprised of students and teachers who meet regularly to discuss a
shared reading. The Group, through consensus, selects a book to read and
then meets over a pot-luck dinner in the Library to discuss the book.
The Book Group will
next meet on October 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the library to discuss
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu:
| Living a lonely existence
in a remote schloss in Styria, on the border of Austria and Hungary,
Laura and her father play host to an unexpected guest, the beautiful
young Carmilla. Her arrival is closely followed by an outbreak of
unexplained deaths in the area, while the young women's growing
friendship coincides with a series of nightmares and mysterious
nocturnal visitations, and a gradual downward spiral in Laura's
health. A chilling tale of the un-dead, Carmilla is a
beautifully written example of the gothic genre. Believed to be the
inspiration for Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece Dracula,
written over twenty years later, Carmilla stands out as an
all-time horror classic.
Carmilla is a short work, approximately
100 pages, and is often included in collections of vampire stories.
However, it is also available as an eBook
here. |
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Philip Burne-Jones,
The Vampire (1897) |
Previous Book Group
Selections have included:
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The History of
Love
- The Road
- Everything is
Illuminated
- Under the Tuscan
Sun
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- Frankenstein
- I am the
Messenger
- The Kite Runner
- The Dante Club
- Dracula
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All Oakmont students
and faculty are welcome to join the Book Group for enjoyable book discussion
and tasty food. For more information, please contact
Mr. Anderson.
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Revised October 15, 2007.
