Early 19th Century: Monsters, Clergy, & Prisoners (9th-12th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.
- 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 storie
Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.
- 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.)
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Stories from the Faerie Queene, retold by Mary MacLeod
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson
- Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
- Great Expectations by Charles Dicken
Online classes are recorded, so if you miss a class you can watch it later.
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Stories from the Faerie Queene, retold by Mary MacLeod
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson
- Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)
Jane Austen: Humor & The Good Life (9th-12th)
The Adventure Begins: Knights, Alchemy, & Detection (6th/7th- 9th) '26/'27 In-Person & Online Option
Jane Austen: Humor & The Good Life (9th-12th)
This course will be offered for '26/'27 if there's enough interest.
- 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.)
The Bests (10th-12th)
The Bests (10th-12th)
The Bests (10th-12th)
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.)
Adult Course
The Bests (10th-12th)
The Bests (10th-12th)
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.)
Land & Sea (6th-9th)
The Bests (10th-12th)
Land & Sea (6th-9th)
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.)
Mischief Managed (6th-9th)
Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)
Chivalry & Legend (6th/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 (6th/7th- 9th)
Literature of the American South *with a few essays*- Can’t Escape Velocity (9th-12)
Chivalry & Legend (6th/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.)
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.)
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.)
Fantastic Worlds (6th-9th)
Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)
Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)
- 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
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton
- A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)
Ancients & Epics (9th-12th)
Later 19th Century - Lost & Redeemed Treasure (9th-12th)
Ancients & Epics (9th-12th)
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Aeneid by Virgil
- Plays by Sophocles
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Poetry (This will be provided in class.)
- A Shakespeare play or two (The students will choose this in class.)
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
