Norton Critical Editions:Nineteenth-Century Literature

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  • The Rise of Silas Lapham: A Norton Critical Edition

    William Dean Howells, Paul R. Petrie

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Including several images in various media to help paint a fuller picture of Howells's time and place. A rich selection of correspondence to and...

  • The Secret Agent: A Norton Critical Edition

    Joseph Conrad, Richard Niland

    First Edition

    Paperback

    “[A] masterly study of the inner workings of the disordered minds whose aim is destruction, violence, and the overturning of law and order by means of bombs.”—The Observer (1907)

  • Sense and Sensibility: A Norton Critical Edition

    Jane Austen, Claudia L. Johnson

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Sense and Sensibility is Austen’s first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work.

  • Shelley's Poetry and Prose: A Norton Critical Edition

    Percy Bysshe Shelley, Neil Fraistat, Donald H. Reiman

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    This Second Edition is based on the authoritative texts chosen by the editors from their scholarly edition of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

  • Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Norton Critical Edition

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Deborah Lutz

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    “The annotations are useful, particularly for references to biblical and other literary allusions. [The contexts] section is essential to alerting students to the many subtexts/contexts of the story.” —Maria Carrig, Carthage College