The Viking critical library

Presents James Joyce's vignettes of everyday life in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century, and includes Joyce's correspondence with his publisher about the stories, and a selection of criticism and commentary.

Presents the complete text of the 1939 epic about the Great Depression and includes a collection of critical and contextual essays.

The struggle for power between a head nurse and a male patient in a mental institution leads to a climax of hate, violence, and death.