We normally associate the Victorian period with domesticity, family values, and propriety. In this course we will explore the dark side of Victorian literature focusing on secrets, detection, urban violence and prostitution, sexuality, and vampires. Works to be studied may include the Sherlock Holmes stories, accounts of Jack the Ripper, “Tess,” “Dracula,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “The Woman in White,” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” V.2