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Great historical fiction blends accuracy and imagination, and presents characters who lived in the past that today’s readers can empathize with and cheer for. The challenge, though, is how to represent real individuals and their lives in fiction.
Matthew Pearl has made that challenge a career. Published in 2004, The Dante Club brings to life the greats of Boston literary society — Longfellow, Holmes, Lowell, Fields — to solve a fictional mystery. Since then, Pearl’s work has fictionalized other great writers, from Poe to Dickens to Stevenson to Tennyson.
In this conversation, we’ll explore whether it’s easier or harder for a writer to write other writers, the research that goes into representing real historical figures in fiction, and how the linage of writers writing writers continues today. We’ll also talk about Matthew’s new novel, The Award.
Your ticket includes:
an author conversation and Q&A
guided small group discussion
snacks, drinks, and desserts
a signature literary cocktail
conversation and connection
a curated selection of books to purchase
Great historical fiction blends accuracy and imagination, and presents characters who lived in the past that today’s readers can empathize with and cheer for. The challenge, though, is how to represent real individuals and their lives in fiction.
Matthew Pearl has made that challenge a career. Published in 2004, The Dante Club brings to life the greats of Boston literary society — Longfellow, Holmes, Lowell, Fields — to solve a fictional mystery. Since then, Pearl’s work has fictionalized other great writers, from Poe to Dickens to Stevenson to Tennyson.
In this conversation, we’ll explore whether it’s easier or harder for a writer to write other writers, the research that goes into representing real historical figures in fiction, and how the linage of writers writing writers continues today. We’ll also talk about Matthew’s new novel, The Award.
Your ticket includes:
an author conversation and Q&A
guided small group discussion
snacks, drinks, and desserts
a signature literary cocktail
conversation and connection
a curated selection of books to purchase