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Reading Between the Lions

The Art Institute Book Club

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Current Selections

These Reading between the Lions selections celebrate the exhibition The Divine Art: Four Centuries of European Tapestries.

Caesar and Cleopatra
by George Bernard Shaw

Selected Fables*
by Jean de la Fontaine
*Penguin Classics edition

Discussion guides for both books are now available.

How to participate in Reading between the Lions

1. Download discussion guides.
2. Bring a discussion guide to your book club, then bring your book club to see the exhibition!
3. Sign up for our e-newsletter for thought-provoking discussion questions and information about book club-related activities.

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Looking for something else to read? Check out the Art Institute's current publications.

Do you have a question about Reading between the Lions? Please e-mail aicbookclub@artic.edu.