Norton Critical Editions:Nineteenth-Century Literature

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  • 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)

  • Pride and Prejudice: A Norton Critical Edition

    Jane Austen, Donald J. Gray, Mary A. Favret

    Fourth Edition

    Paperback

    The Norton Critical Edition of Pride and Prejudice has been revised to reflect the most current scholarly approaches to Austen’s most widely read novel.

  • Hard Times: A Norton Critical Edition

    Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan

    Fourth Edition

    Paperback

    “An excellent collection of critical and social commentary that will help to make Dickens’ image of Victorian England meaningful to all students.”—John Howard Wilson, Dakota Wesleyan University

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

    William Wordsworth, Nicholas Halmi

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The most accessible edition of Wordsworth’s poetry and prose, prepared to meet the needs of both students and scholars.

  • Castle Rackrent: A Norton Critical Edition

    Maria Edgeworth, Ryan Twomey

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The only edition of this 1800 novel—widely regarded as the first historical novel—to include material on the importance of Maria Edgeworth as a writer and the influence of contemporary history on this novel.