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SUMMER STRUGGLES Corey Dolgon discusses his book “End of the Hamptons” (New York University Press), a sociological look at class differences in “America’s paradise.” Tonight, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Booksellers, 50 Prince St., between Lafayette and Mulberry streets, 212-274-1160, free.
ALLENDE’S FOREST Novelist Isabel Allende discusses “Forest of the Pygmies” (Rayo), the final installment of her supernatural trilogy for young readers. Tonight, 7 p.m., New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-868-4444, $10 general, $7 members.
FACTORY FIRE Journalist David von Drehle discusses “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America” (Atlantic Monthly Press), his account of the deadly Greenwich Village fire in 1911 that killed 146 factory workers, most of them young immigrant Jewish and Italian women. It was New York City’s worst disaster before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Tonight, 8 p.m., Rocky Sullivan’s Pub, 129 Lexington Ave., between 28th and 29th streets, 212-725-3871, free.
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