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Be a Time Traveler. Search for a murderer with Mattie Ross, farm with Wendell Berry, & learn of hope with Elinor & Marianne.

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

Registration for 2025/2026 Courses Is Now Open. Enroll Today!

2024/2025 Course Offerings

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton
  • Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Strong Poison by Doro

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton
  • Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker (If you're at all familiar with the video productions of this book, just know that the book is nothing like that. I would certainly not include it if it was the trash it's often portrayed to be.) 
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Land & Sea (7th-9th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson 
  •  Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 
  •  Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini 
  •  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis 
  •  Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Foster 
  •  The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  •  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Othe

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson 
  •  Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 
  •  Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini 
  •  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis 
  •  Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Foster 
  •  The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  •  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Other Poems by S. T. Coleridge
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Adult Course '24/'25 Online Option

The Bests (10th-12th) '24/'25 In-Person & Online Option

Adult Course '24/'25 Online Option

If you are interested in fostering your own literary imagination, join us! All classes are recorded, if you want to watch them later, and there's a Discord group for discussion throughout the week.


  • Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S. T. Coleridge
  • Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers

If you are interested in fostering your own literary imagination, join us! All classes are recorded, if you want to watch them later, and there's a Discord group for discussion throughout the week.


  • Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
  • Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S. T. Coleridge
  • Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers 
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
  • A Shakespeare play or two (We will choose this in class.)

2025/2026 Course Offerings

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • Mythology by Edith Hamilton
  • The Iliad by Homer
  • The Odyssey by Homer
  • The Aeneid by Virgil 
  • Metamorphoses by Ovid (if there’s time)
  • Paradise Lost by John Milton
  • Poetry (This will be provided in class.)
  • A Shakespeare play or two  (The students will choose this in class.)

Fantastic Worlds (6th-9th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 
  • The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis 
  • The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 
  • Arabian Nights (selections) - Lang’s retelling 
  • The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 
  • Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 
  • The Lost World by

Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.


  • The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 
  • The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis 
  • The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 
  • Arabian Nights (selections) - Lang’s retelling 
  • The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope 
  • Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 
  • The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)
  • A selection of myths (These will be provided in class.)

Adult Course '25/'26 Online Option

Ancients & Epics (9th-12th) '25/'26 In-Person & Online Option

Adult Course '25/'26 Online Option

If you are interested in fostering your own literary imagination, join us! All classes are recorded, if you want to watch them later, and there's a Discord group for discussion throughout the week.



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Early 19th Century - Monsters, Clergy, & Prisoners (9th-12th)

Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)

Early 19th Century - Monsters, Clergy, & Prisoners (9th-12th)

  • Emma by Jane Austen
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 
  • The Warden by Anthony Trollope
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)
  • Selections of poetry and short stories (These will either be provided in class or will be available online.)
     

Jane Austen - Humor & The Good Life (9th-12th)

Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)

Early 19th Century - Monsters, Clergy, & Prisoners (9th-12th)

  •  Pride & Prejudice
  • Sense & Sensibility 
  • Emma
  • Persuasion
  • Mansfield Park
  • Northanger Abbey
  • Catherine and Other Writings 
  • Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon
  • Poetry by Cowper (JA’s favorite) and others 
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)

Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)

Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)

  • Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
  • Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • Selection of Short Stories by Mark Twain
  • The Unvanquished by William Faulkner
  • True Grit by Charles Portis
  • The Old Man & the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Selection of Short Stories by Flannery O’Connor
  • Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
  • Essays & Poetry by Wendell Berry
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Mischief Managed (7th-9th)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

  • Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 
  • Kidnapped by R. L. Stevenson 
  • Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

  • Men of Iron by Howard Pyle 
  • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 
  • The Once and Future King by T. H. White 
  • The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A Shakespeare play or two  (The students will choose this in class.)

Adventure (7th- 9th)

Chivalry & Legend (7th- 9th)

Adventure (7th- 9th)

  • Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  • Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

  • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  • Silas Marner by George Eliot
  • The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  • War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  • Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (if there’s time)
  • A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)

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Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

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Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)

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A Note on the Course Offerings

Out of the courses listed above, only some will be offered for the school year.


 Join Us in Spring 2025

If you or your student is interested in joining us this semester, you can now do that! Join us locally, in-person, or over Zoom. In-person classes are Wednesdays, and online classes are Thursdays or Fridays (depending on which course you enroll in). The cost per course, per semester, is $130. 


2025/2026 Literature Courses

For the 2025/2026 school year, Fantastic Worlds and Ancients & Epics will be offered in-person and online. I will also offer an online course for adults.

Express Interest

In literature you don't just read one poem or novel after another, but enter into a complete world of which every work of literature forms a part. 


Northrop Frye, The Educated Imagination

What Parents & Students Say

Mrs. Smallwood's love of literature is very evident in the way she teaches class. She did a wonderful job picking out books that are enjoyable, but still push your understanding and help you grow. I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who is looking to grow in their vocabulary, understanding, and overall appreciation for wonderful classics! ~Elizabeth, 9th grade

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This is one of the favorite classes I’ve taken, I’m going to miss y’all so much. ~Sicily, a graduating student 

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As a homeschool mom, I have always valued the importance of good literature and good discussions. Our homeschooling journey took a new direction this past year and I knew I needed a good solution for my daughter, who is a voracious reader, entering her junior year of high school. I had a lot of apprehensions about turning literature over to someone else, until I met Esther. The first time I heard her discuss literature, she spoke with such passion and knowledge, I knew I could rest at ease. ~Amanda, Mother

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