The Norton Anthology of English Literature - 3 volume set: A B & C: Package

I thought this was an expensive purchase, but you get a lot of product. Quite large books, and thick, with super thin pages. If they used regular thickness pages you'd likely have the equivalent of 10 or so books on your shelf. Very good quality legible print. Should keep me busy for a lot longer than anticipated.

Must have for a literature student!!! The paper is of beautiful quality but delicate (I only annotate in pencil so this is not an issue for me and if anything its actually better to write on). Each volumes layout, font size and referencing make annotating easy and enjoyable. The volumes are thoughtfully put together packed with useful information/context. Everything from each period is in one volume and I cannot stress how useful that is. Most if not all of the poetry I have needed and wanted to read from medieval to modernism are in the Norton anthologies A-F. They have been an absolute godsend for me and I know I will be reaching for them throughout my studies and later life.

Bought for my sons degree course still in the box never been looked at but they are used to hold his dorm door open. Works well.

A packed-full compilation of great texts separated in three books according to their chronological and literary periods.There is nothing to fault the actual texts. However, the physical format of the books should be improved. The pages are wafer-thin, much like pages in the bible. They tear easily when being flipped hurriedly. The Norton Anthology is primarily aimed at students, but such thin pages are not student-friendly; notes cannot be written as they show through the paper and stain the pages underneath. Squeezing in so many works into a single book also makes it heavy and cumbersome to carry around (particularly for the orange-cover one), not to mention how easily it gets damaged when being transported frequently in a rucksack.It is a shame that Norton has not done what it easily could, which is to make a few tweaks such as separating dense books into smaller volumes and printing on thicker paper, that would otherwise make the Anthology a perfectly accessible and enjoyable read.

Very fast delivery and good product.

You get what you pay for! Great for all students of English.

Great books