The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Because it represents the first scholarly effort to establish texts as close as possible to the intentions of the author this Centenary Edition makes obsolete all previous editions notorious for their textual corruption. An eminent staff . . . has analyzed and synthesized the evidence of all MSS and worthwhile printed editions. Each volume includes a well documented introduction concerning such matters as circumstances leading to composition and history of publication as well as textual notes on alterations in the MSS editorial emendations etc. --ChoiceThe Centenary Edition which has been producing weighty volumes of definitively edited texts of Hawthorne for a full generation is now the sine qua non of Hawthorne scholarship. As an example of editorial care and research thoroughness it has been a model for the profession and as a physical object a model for publishers. In addition to the immensely important achievement of producing fully accurate texts of the romances tales and sketches the Centenary editors have made available for the very first time all of the various Notebooks and letters. For the letters especially the wait has been long but the result is gratifying. Reading straight through the Centenary's six volumes of letters is a self-indulgent pleasure that brings us markedly closer to the man than we can get in any other way. --American LiteratureRepresenting decades of work this is the definitive edition of Hawthorne's works. Each volume includes comprehensive notes and explanatory material.I: The Scarlet Letter $62.95 cloth 0-8142-0059-1II: The House of the Seven Gables $69.95 cloth 0-8142-0060-5III: The Blithedale Romance and Fanshawe $72.95 cloth 0-8142-0061-3IV: The Marble Faun $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0062-1V: Our Old Home $72.95 cloth 0-8142-0002-8VI: True Stories from History and Biography $72.95 cloth 0-8142-0157-1VII: A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales $72.95 cloth 0-8142-0158-XVIII: The American Notebooks $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0159-8IX: Twice-told Tales $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0202-0X: Mosses from an Old Manse $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0203-9XI: The Snow Image and Uncollected Tales $72.95 cloth 0-8142-0204-7XII: The American Claimant Manuscripts $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0251-9XIII: The Elixir of Life Manuscripts $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0252-7XIV: The French and Italian Notebooks $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0256-XXV: The Letters 1813-1843 $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0363-9XVI: The Letters 1843-1853 $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0364-7XVII: The Letters 1853-1856 $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0365-5XVIII: The Letters 1857-1864 $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0383-3XIX: The Consular Letters 1853-1855 $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0384-1XX: The Consular Letters 1856-1857 $83.95 cloth 0-8142-0462-7XXI: The English Notebooks 1853-1856 $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0670-0XXII: The English Notebooks 1856-1860 $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0671-9XXIII: Miscellaneous Prose and Verse $98.95 cloth 0-8142-0644-1