Saturday, May 2, 2020 • 1:00-2:30PM • $29

This Saturday Conversation tackles the hard question of what exactly makes a “Great Book” great. Is it fame? Durability over time? The fact that it raises perennial questions? That it is in dialogue with other great books? Dr. Richard Gamble will open this conversation with the story of the publication of Great Books of the Western World in 1952 and the prominent reviewers who doubted the editors’ choices. The criticisms of Gilbert Highet and Jacques Barzun will surprise you.