Su05M Two by Tey: Imposters in Golden-Age Detective Fiction (In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

7/7/2025-8/18/2025
1:30 PM-3:30 PM EDT on Mon

Su05M Two by Tey: Imposters in Golden-Age Detective Fiction (In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

[NEW COURSE] We’ll read Josephine Tey’s Brat Farrar and The Franchise Affair, two unusual novels that feature imposters who nearly upend families who are innocent, in the meantime uncovering the power of “fakers,” one of whom we come to like and admire. Discussion, Lecture, Reading

  • There will be no class the week of August 4.

    *This registration item is in-person only; there is not an online section of this course.*

  • Required Text: The Franchise Affair, ISBN 0684842564 and Brat Farrar, privately published (no ISBNs) by Josephine Tey. You may use any editions you want, including Kindle.

Lisa Jadwin

Lisa Jadwin, Ph.D. (English, Princeton University), has 35 years of teaching experience, has won teaching awards, and has taught college-level courses on detective fiction for more than two decades. She is a retired professor from St. John Fisher University.