Athenaeum Book Club

You can't ignore this anymore. Our book club just passed 7,000 members — thank you! We read the classics and meet twice a month to discuss them. Right now we're reading The Iliad. Join us (it's free) 👇

In 1818, Caspar David Friedrich hiked the sandstone cliffs above the Elbe River. From the edge of the Bastei, he looked out over a sea of fog and forest and wrote to a friend: “Only in solitude among these cliffs can one hear the quiet voice of God.”