Readings
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READING IS FUNDAMENTAL A professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, Edward Mendelson, reads from his essay “The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have To Say About the Stages of Life” (Knopf). The analyzed novels include Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Tonight, 7 p.m., Labyrinth Books, 536 W. 112th St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-865-1588, free.
