Great Expectations: A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions)

Norton Critical Editions are to novels what the Arden editions are to Shakespeare and in both cases, the names are indicative of continued excellence. In this 750-page "Great Expectations" edition, the series' quality is sustained; although it is a paperback, it is a solid, firm cover and the glue is thick enough to hold the pages and cover effectively, an essential if the book is to be used for serious study. This book is ideal for any study at Advanced Level and beyond; it is too much information and critically too demanding for GCSE.The editor is a vital feature of any edition involving collation of varied material and Edgar Rosenberg has a wealth of experience; the first essential is the text and each Norton guarantees an authoritative, approved text, in this case the 1861 first edition.In adition to the text, the remaining four hundred pages are essays on the background of the novel and the context and critical works from a wide range of critics, some contemporaries of Dickens, others over the decades which have seen the novel's popularity rising.Although some may find the text a tad small (10-pt), it has ensured that as much material as possible is contained within the covers and, at these prices, it is well worth it.Recommended

The pages are terribly thin,the paper was already scrunched a bit and it somehow got a cut on a smooth table