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This Norton Critical Edition includes: 

• The 1874 corrected edition of the text, with small textual variations from Eliot’s manuscript. 
• Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Ronjaunee Chatterjee. 
• Twenty-three background selections from Eliot’s correspondence, journals, and other writings. 
• Seventeen critical responses, including five contemporary reactions and twelve critical analyses of the novel’s most important themes. 
• A chronology of Eliot’s life and a selected bibliography.