This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• The first edition of the novel, published in 1851 by Ticknor, Reed, and Fields.

• Robert S. Levine's insightful introduction, revised headnotes, expanded explanatory footnotes, and note on the text and annotations.

• A generous selection of carefully chosen primary materials?three of them new to the Second Edition?intended to provide readers with essential backgrounds on the novel's major themes.

• An extensive selection of critical responses to The House of the Seven Gables from the time of its publication to the present day, including eight new to the Second Edition.

• A chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne's life and work and a selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format?annotated text, contexts, and criticism?helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.