This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first British edition of the novel published in
1886 by Longmans Green and Co. the only edition set directly from Stevenson's manuscript and
for which he read and corrected proofs. Deborah Lutz's thorough introduction and detailed
explanatory footnotes to the novel. Seven illustrations. A rich and relevant selection of
background materials centered on the novel's composition reception and historical and
cultural contexts alongside seven of Stevenson's letters. Interpretative essays by Elaine
Showalter Jack Halberstam Martin Danahay and Stephen Arata. A chronology and a selected
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