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...

  • An Essay on the Principle of Population: A Norton Critical Edition

    Thomas Robert Malthus, Joyce E. Chaplin

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The world’s population is now 7.4 billion people. As we stand witness to a possible reversal of modernity’s positive trends, Thomas Malthus’s pessimism is worth full reconsideration.

  • Jane Eyre: A Norton Critical Edition

    Charlotte Brontë, Deborah Lutz

    Fourth Edition

    Paperback

    Based on the 1848 edition text, the Brontës’ gifted biographer provides a superlative Norton Critical Edition of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel.

  • Heart of Darkness: A Norton Critical Edition

    Joseph Conrad, Paul B. Armstrong

    Fifth Edition

    Paperback

    “This is the best Norton Critical Edition yet! All my students are becoming intensely interested in reading Conrad—largely because of this excellent work.”—Elise F. Knapp, Western Connecticut State University

  • Jude the Obscure: A Norton Critical Edition

    Thomas Hardy, Ralph Pite

    Third Edition

    Paperback

    This third Norton Critical Edition of Hardy's last novel has been revised to reflect the breadth of responses it has received over the last fifteen years.