The Donna Reed Show

2x08 Nothing Like a Good Book

Air Date: 1959-11-12

Runtime: 30 minutes

Overview: Donna mistakenly accepts an invitation to 'culture vulture' Lydia Langley's cocktail party, at which Lydia mentions that she also conducts a book discussion group. She goads Donna into joining it and then reporting on Tolstoy's "War and Peace" at her first meeting. Donna then attempts to immerse the whole family in culture.