The Norton Introduction to the Short Novel

The fifteen works collected in The Norton Introduction to the Short Novel, Third Edition, represent a wide range of periods and international voices. The anthology includes a helpful introduction by Professor Beaty that defines the short novel in contrast to the short story and the longer novel and explores the formal and thematic corollaries of this particular literary form.

Additionally, a short biographical headnote precedes each selection to prepare the reader to experience, appreciate, and understand the works as fully as possible during a first reading. A brief critical afterword follows each novel.

• A Library of 15 Novellas in a Single, Compact Volume-represents a wide range of periods in works from Europe and the Americas.
• Nine Authors Recommended in the AP* Curriculum-are introduced to students.
• The Short Novel Is Defined-and contrasted with the short story and the longer novel.

Jerome Beaty (Ph.D., Illinois) is Professor of English at Emory University. He is the author of Middlemarch: From Notebook to Novel and Misreading Jane Eyre and coeditor, with J. Paul Hunter, of The Norton Introduction to Literature.

Great Value

The Norton Introduction to the Short Novel treats students to a library of fifteen novellas in a single, compact volume—for about a third of the price of individual paperbacks.

Helpful Apparatus

Throughout the anthology, Professor Beaty's expert but unobtrusive guidance helps students get the most out of their reading. He opens the text with a general introduction that discusses the short novel as a genre and as a reading experience. Each novel is accompanied by

• Evocative quotations and a brief headnote
• Annotations that are thorough but not excessive, helpful but not interpretive
• An afterword that prompts interpretation and discussion

Exciting Contemporary Pieces

In addition to newly added works by Kate Chopin, Jean Toomer, James Joyce, and Doris Lessing, the Third Edition features two exciting contemporary pieces:

• Don DeLillo’s Pafko at the Wall, first published in Harper’s Magazine, later incorporated into DeLillo’s monumental 1997 masterwork, Underworld.
• Alice Munro’s The Love of a Good Woman, taken from her 1998 collection of the same name, described by fellow Canadianóand Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist—Carol Shields as "a triumph. Certain to seal her reputation as our contemporary Chekov."

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