Tuesday 22 August Introduction; Victorian publishing
Thursday 24 August Companion to the Victorian Novel (online) introduction; Elizabeth Gaskell, biography; Gaskell, Mary Barton, first volume
Tuesday 29 August Mary Barton, second volume
Thursday 31 August CVN, chapter 4 Mary Barton to end
Tuesday 5 September Charles Dickens, biography; Dickens, Bleak House, chapters 1-20
Thursday 7 September CVN, chapter 2, Bleak House, chapters 21-40
First posting due, on Gaskell or Dickens
Tuesday 12 September Bleak House, chapters 40-60
Thursday 14 September CVN, chapter 1, Bleak House, chapters 61-65; final discussion on Dickens and Gaskell
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Thursday 21 September _____; Charlotte Brontë, biography, Brontë, Villette, chapters 1-6
Tuesday 26 September Villette, chapters 6-24
Thursday 28 September CVN chapter 5, Villette, chapters 25-42
Second posting due: any topic thus far
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Thursday 5 October CVN chapter 3, George Eliot, biography, Eliot, Silas Marner, first half
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Thursday 12 October William Morris biography, slides of Morris and Co. art, Morris, News from Nowhere, chapters 1-6
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Tuesday 17 October News from Nowhere, chapters 7-18
Thursday 19 October News from Nowhere, chapters 19-32
Third posting due: any topic thus far
Tuesday 24 October test, Brontë, Eliot, Morris and CVN, chapters 3 and 5
Thursday 26 October student projects, H. G. Wells biography
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31 October -------, CVN chapter 6, Wells, The Time Machine, chapters 1-6
2 November The Time Machine, chapters 7-12
Fourth posting due: any topic thus far
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7 November CVN chapter 10, E. M. Forster, biography, Forster, Howards End, chapters 1-10
9 November Howards End, chapters 11-30
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14 November Howards End, chapters 31-44
16 November student projects
Fifth posting due: any topic thus far
Thanksgiving break
28 November research essay due; Virginia Woolf, biography, Woolf, To the Lighthouse, chapters 1-7
30 November Virginia Woolf, biography, To the Lighthouse, chapters 8-14
Sixth posting due: any topic thus far
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5 December final discussion Woolf; student projects
7 December test on Wells, Forster, Woolf, and CVN, chapters 6 and 10
12 December final class meeting and presentations of take-home exam/essay drafts
15 December final take-home exam comparative essay and 6 postings due 5 p. m.