![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One day, Neil learns Elizabeth has died and is astonished that she has left him her books and papers. Ursula, the abolition of slavery, and Julian the Apostate, the last pagan emperor of Rome, causing Neil to feel his “brain change gear.” After the course ends, Neil meets Finch for lunch two or three times a year for two decades, though she never eases her reserved demeanor. He’s immediately entranced by Finch’s calm, rigorous presence as she lectures on St. Former actor Neil, wounded by the end of his marriage, signs up for an adult education course titled “Culture and Civilisation” taught by Elizabeth Finch, an author of two scholarly works. Booker Prize winner Barnes ( The Sense of an Ending) delivers a tepid, talky meditation on the impact of a professor on a middle-aged man. ![]()
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