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Many of us have a book we read or had read to us when we were children that shaped us in important ways. We may revisit these stories with our children as parents, grandparents, teachers and in other roles. We may also turn to children’s books for the joy and deep truths they offer us throughout life. This course returns adult readers to those roots...

For much of the past century, we have pictured Victorians as people who lived sober, prudent lives in overstuffed houses filled with overstuffed furniture. Literature and history commonly depict Victorians as people who revered religion, family, country and social convention. However, modern scholarship has brought this stereotypical portrait into...