Norton Critical Editions:World Literature

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  • Wide Sargasso Sea: A Norton Critical Edition

    Jean Rhys, Judith L. Raiskin

    First Edition

    Paperback

    Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, takes place in Jamaica and Dominica in 1839–45.

  • Père Goriot: A Norton Critical Edition

    Honore de Balzac, Peter Brooks, Burton Raffel

    First Edition

    Paperback

    The text is that of Burton Raffell’s acclaimed 1994 translation.

  • War and Peace: A Norton Critical Edition

    Leo Tolstoy, George Gibian

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    "Backgrounds and Sources" includes the publication history of War and Peace, selections from Tolstoy’s letters and diaries as well as three drafts...

  • Anna Karenina: A Norton Critical Edition

    Leo Tolstoy, George Gibian

    Second Edition

    Paperback

    "Backgrounds and Sources" includes central passages from the letters of Tolstoy and his correspondents, S. A. Tolstoy’s diaries, and contemporary...