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Summer
Introduction and Notes by
Elizabeth Ammons
The novel Wharton called her “hot Ethan”
is set in the Massachusetts Berkshires
and delves into the thwarted dreams
and sexual passions of a repressed rural
woman.
224 pp. 978-0-14-018679-6 $12.00
See Four Stories by American Women and
The Portable American Realism Reader.
phIllIs wheatley
c. 1753 – 1784, american
(b. western africa)
Complete Writings
Edited and with an Introduction and Notes
by Vincent Carretta
This volume collects the astonishing
writings of the eighteenth-century
American slave who published her first
poem at the age of 14. It includes her
letters, poetry, hymns, elegies, translations,
tales, and epyllions.
192 pp. 978-0-14-042430-0 $14.00
“Vincent carretta’s edition of the works of
phillis Wheatley is the definitive collection of
her work. expertly edited, it is a masterpiece
of textual scholarship. every scholar and
student seeking to understand Wheatley’s life
and work will want to obtain this book.”
—henry l o u i s gates, jr.
260 penguin classics
patrIcK whIte
1912 – 1990, australian (b. england)
nobel prize Winner
*The Vivisector
Introduction by J. M. Coetzee
Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects
the weaknesses of any and all who enter
his circle. It is only when Hurtle meets an
egocentric adolescent whom he sees as his
spiritual child does he experience a deeper,
more treacherous emotion in this tour de
force of sexual and psychological menace
that sheds brutally honest light on the
creative experience.
624 pp. 978-0-14-310567-1 $17.00
Penguin Readers Guide Available
*Voss
Introduction by Thomas Keneally
Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss
is White’s best-known book, a sweeping
novel about a secret passion between
the explorer Voss and the young orphan
Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship,
mutiny, and betrayal during his crossing
of the brutal Australian desert, Laura
awaits his return in Sydney, where she
endures their months of separation as if
her life were a dream and Voss the only
reality.
448 pp. 978-0-14-310568-8 $16.00
Penguin Readers Guide Available