Mayflower Bookshop American special (English spoken) – Sold to the lowest bidder? Pleun Bouricius PhD, born and bred in the Netherlands, has lived in the USA for over 40 years. A graduate of Harvard, she also worked in jobs as diverse as truck driver, university lecturer and program director and lived in several states before […]
Mayflower Bookshop invites you to a literary workshop (in English) to explore Edith Wharton’s world of wealth, ambition, and social constraint. This workshop will investigate how Wharton’s novels, especially The Age of Innocence, expose the tensions of New York’s Gilded Age, offering a sharp critique of its opulence and rigid expectations. Through discussion and analysis, we will […]
Coming up - Pinocchio, a world-class classic Fourth event in our series Children’s classics Carmen van den Bergh On Sunday May 25, Carmen van den Bergh, associate professor of Italian at Leiden University, focuses on the famous story of Pinocchio, a masterpiece of Italian literature. With over 300 translations, it is not only the most […]