ENGL 3604 The Victorian Era
Instructor Contact
Instructor: Teresa Nugent, PhD
Email: Teresa.Nugent@Colorado.EDU
Course Description
The Victorian Era & the 19th C. Novel
Do you ever wonder where mysteries, detective stories, and horror fiction came from? The Victorians, naturally! In this course, we’ll explore the origins of many of your favorite fiction genres in nineteenth-century novels. Readings include Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as well as the first British detective novel, The Moonstone, one of the most popular sensation novels, Lady Audley’s Secret, and the classic horror tale, Dracula!
Required Text
There are online editions for each of these works available for free. If you prefer to purchase a book, here are the editions that I’ve ordered at the CU Bookstore:
| Book | ISBN |
| Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey. Penguin Classics, 2003. | 978-0141439792 |
| Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006. | 978-0141441146 |
| Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Digireads, 2016. | 978-1420952285 |
| Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone. Penguin Classics, 1999. | 978-0140434088 |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret. Oxford UP, 2012. | 978-0199577033 |
| Bram Stoker, Dracula. WW Norton, 1996. | 9780393970128 |