Norton Critical Editions:Modern and Contemporary Literature

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  • The Price of Salt: A Norton Critical Edition

    Patricia Highsmith, Terry Castle

    Paperback

    “A document of persecuted love—perfect.” —The Independent

  • Adrienne Rich: Poetry and Prose: A Norton Critical Edition

    Adrienne Rich, Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi, Albert Gelpi, Brett C. Millier

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    This Norton Critical Edition brings research into this beloved poet’s body of work completely up to date.

  • The Secret Sharer and Other Stories: A Norton Critical Edition

    Joseph Conrad, John G. Peters

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways.

  • The Metamorphosis: A Norton Critical Edition

    Franz Kafka, Mark M. Anderson, Susan Bernofsky

    First Edition

    Paperback

    “This fine version, with David Cronenberg’s inspired introduction and the new translator’s beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don’t hesitate: this is the transforming t

  • The Feminine Mystique: A Norton Critical Edition

    Betty Friedan, Kirsten Fermaglich, Lisa Fine

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The first student edition of Betty Friedan’s national best seller published in honor of its fiftieth anniversary. The Feminine Mystique forever changed America’s consciousness by defining “the problem that has no name.”