Fadem to lead literature class

Richard Fadem will be leading a new literature class. Before moving to Orcas Island, he taught English literature at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School. Since then he has taught many stimulating classes here “simply for the joy of inquiry – learning pursued entirely for its own sake.”

September 17, 2013 3:25 pm

Richard Fadem will be leading a new literature class. Before moving to Orcas Island, he taught English literature at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School. Since then he has taught many stimulating classes here “simply for the joy of inquiry – learning pursued entirely for its own sake.”

The six-week session will begin on Thursday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., at the Senior Center.

The focus for the first three weeks will be Edith Wharton’s novel “The Age of Innocence” and for the next three weeks Philip Roth’s “American Pastoral.” Richard requests that we have read “The Age of Innocence” before the first class.

The books will be available at Darvills (the Wharton should be the Authorized Edition).

The cost of the class is $30 dollars. The tuition will be applied to the rental of the Senior Center room and the remainder will be donated to a worthy island cause.