The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and …
About Dennis Washburn’s translation “Washburn’s version of Murasaki Shikibu’s masterpiece is lucid and engaging, irresistibly drawing the reader further and further into the story …
About Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground “The novels of Dostoevsky are seething whirlpools, gyrating sandstorms, waterspouts that hiss and boil and suck us in. They are composed …
“Mrs. Dalloway is a novel that thinks with extraordinary precision and virtuosity about what modern novelists mean when they talk about character: how characters are born; how they …
The Norton Library edition of Frankenstein features the complete text of the first (1818) edition and Mary Shelley’s preface to the third (1831) edition. An introduction by Michael …
“Mesmerizingly good … the best, truest translation of Dostoevsky’s masterpiece into English. It’s a magnificent, almost terrifying achievement of translation, one that makes its …
About Sheila Murnaghan's translation "A terrific new translation-Murnaghan'sMedeais both terrifying and sympathetic, an emotionally complex portrayal that leaves the reader no …
Part of the Norton Library series The Norton Library edition of The Jungle features the complete text of the first (1906) edition. An introduction by Kenneth W. Warren discusses …
One of the foremost African American intellectual leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Booker T. Washington, an educator, author, and orator, is best known for his …
