Norton critical edition

Presents James Joyce's vignettes of Irish life in fifteen stories on Dublin, and includes background materials, eight interpretive essays, explanatory annotations, and other study aids.

Presents the annotated text of "The Mayor of Casterbridge," a novel about a man whose past misdeeds come back to haunt him after he rises to a position of wealth and power; and includes articles on backgrounds and contexts, as well as seventeen critical essays.

Presents an annotated edition of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation; and includes biographical, historical, and cultural documents related to the novel's publication, and a selection of critical essays.

An autobiographical account of the life of Olaudah Equiano, discussing his childhood in Africa, his kidnapping and years as a slave and seaman, and his escape to freedom in the Caribbean and England.

Presents Jane Austen's first published novel about two sisters of different temperaments whose bad luck in love brings them to a closer understanding of each other, and includes other writings from Austen's time, providing context; modern essays on topics related to the novel; and works of early and modern criticism.

Presents the text of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about a family living under the curse of a man who was hanged for witchcraft; and includes background information on the story, and a selection of critical reviews and essays.