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THE SALON CLASSICS Book Group offers an opportunity to join well-known contemporary authors and Salon readers in lively conversations about some of the greatest books of all time. We're presenting the Salon Classics Book Group in concert with Doubleday on the occasion of the publication of The New York Public Library Collector's Editions. These beautiful editions are illustrated with original art and handwritten letters, diaries, and manuscripts from the collections of the Library. You have the option of purchasing your own copies of these editions, courtesy of Borders Books and Music. Just click on the book cover of the book you'd like to buy. - - - - - - SAMPLE POSTS - - - - - - HOW TO USE TABLE TALK	SEPT. 15, 1997 Erica Jong on "Madame Bovary" BY GUSTAVE FLAUBERT THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT JONG ABOUT FLAUBERT ABOUT THE BOOK	SEPT. 29, 1997 Joyce Carol Oates on "Jane Eyre" BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OATES ABOUT BRONTE	OCT. 13, 1997 Garrison Keillor on "Sister Carrie" BY THEODORE DREISER THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT KEILLOR ABOUT DREISER ABOUT THE BOOK
	NOV. 3, 1997 Galway Kinnell on Selected Poetry BY EMILY DICKINSON THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT KINNELL ABOUT DICKINSON ABOUT THE BOOK	NOV. 17, 1997 Elizabeth McCracken on "Great Expectations" BY CHARLES DICKENS THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT McCRACKEN ABOUT DICKENS ABOUT THE BOOK	DEC. 8, 1997 Jane Hamilton on "An Intimate Anthology" BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HAMILTON ABOUT ALCOTT ABOUT THE BOOK
	JAN. 12, 1998 Carol Shields on "Mansfield Park" BY JANE AUSTEN THE ESSAY THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SHIELDS ABOUT AUSTEN ABOUT THE BOOK