Laguna Beach Coastal Literary Circle

7 people · led by David Chen · Mondays at 6:30pm · Laguna Beach, CA

A welcoming coastal reading circle tackling classic long-form novels, essays, and world fiction one section at a time.

Group note: Slow reading through George Eliot’s Middlemarch—one Book every two weeks with tea and shortbread.

Next for this groupMonday, November 9 at 6:30pm

Middlemarch — Book III: Waiting for Death

Book III (Chapters 23–33). Fred Vincy, Mary Garth, and Featherstone’s Stone Court.

Host note: Book III discussion.

Discussion questions

3 sessions

Middlemarch — Book I: Miss Brooke
CompletedMonday, October 12 at 6:30pm
Book I (Chapters 1–12). Dorothea and Celia Brooke, Casaubon, and Sir James Chettam.
Middlemarch — Book II
CompletedMonday, October 26 at 6:30pm
Book II: Old and Young (Chapters 13–22). Tertius Lydgate’s arrival in Middlemarch, Rosamond Vincy, and the honeymoon chapters.
Middlemarch — Book III: Waiting for Death
Up nextMonday, November 9 at 6:30pm
Book III (Chapters 23–33). Fred Vincy, Mary Garth, and Featherstone’s Stone Court.

Open seats — joining brings you straight to the group’s plan, calendar, and food sign-up.

7 people

Group host & leader

David Chen

Architect in Laguna Beach. Drawn to 19th-century novels, essays on place, and unhurried conversation near the coast.

Members (first names):

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Shared roles & hospitality

HostingLeading discussionSnackDrinks