Henry D. Thoreau, William Rossi
Third Edition
This revised and expanded Third Edition adds three important post-Walden essays, "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Walking," and "Wild Apples," bringing the full scope of Thoreau's mature powers to twenty-first-century readers. The texts are accompanied by explanatory annotations, Thoreau's survey of Walden Pond, and the 1852 Walling map of Concord village and its environs.More
Adam Kirsch
A collection of bold, insightful, and controversial essays by “a poetry critic of the very first order” (New York Times).More
Willa Cather, Sharon O'Brien
Willa Cather's masterful 1913 novel marks her return to the Nebraska of her youth, and to the stories of the immigrant settlers she had known during her childhood and teenage years in Red Cloud.More
Stendhal, Susanna Lee, Robert M. Adams
Second Edition
Based again on Robert M. Adams’s highly regarded translation of Stendhal’s 1831 novel of ambition, love, and betrayal, this Second Norton Critical Edition of The Red and the Black is the most comprehensive and up-to-date edition available.More
Stephen Crane, Eric Carl Link, Donald Pizer
Fourth Edition
This Norton Critical Edition of Stephen Crane’s classic 1895 Civil War novel is again based on the first published edition, conservatively edited.More
William Shakespeare, Grace Ioppolo
This Norton Critical Edition is based on the Folio text of King Lear (carefully corrected prior to its printing in 1623). The editor has interpolated the best-known and most-often discussed passages from Quarto I (including the “mock-trial” scene) as is fully explained in both “A Note on the Text” and the annotations that accompany the play.More
William Blake, John E. Grant, Mary Lynn Johnson
Second Edition
The Second Edition of this revered Norton Critical Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to Blake’s poetry and thought available.More
Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar, Julie K. Allen
A richly entertaining and informative collection of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, annotated by one of America's leading folklore scholars.More
Horatio Alger, Jr., Hildegard Hoeller
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is arguably the best known of Horatio Alger’s American rags-to-riches stories.More
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
The much-loved tale read by generations of children, now annotated and with over one hundred stunning illustrations.More
Dante Alighieri, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Michael Palma
This Norton Critical Edition of Dante’s masterpiece is based on Michael Palma’s verse translation, which is acclaimed for its elegant rendering of Dante’s triple-rhyme scheme into contemporary English.More
Nella Larsen, Carla Kaplan
Nella Larsen is a central figure in African American, Modernist, and women’s literature.More
Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Henry Reeves
The Norton Critical Edition presents Tocqueville’s classic text in the Henry Reeves translation.More
Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar
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Sandra M. Gilbert
"The most comprehensive multidisciplinary contemplation of mortality we are likely to get."--Thomas Lynch, New York Times Book ReviewMore